Caged (1950 film)

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Caged

Directed by	John Cromwell
Produced by	Jerry Wald
Written by	Virginia Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld (story) Virginia Kellogg (screenplay)
Starring	Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Carl E. Guthrie
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	May 19, 1950 (U.S. release)
Running time	96 min.
Language	English
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Caged is a 1950 film which tells the story of a young woman who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her time in jail changes her from an innocent into a hardened convict.

The movie was adapted by Virginia Kellogg from the story Women Without Men by Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld. It was directed by John Cromwell.

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[edit] Plot

A 19-year-old woman (Parker) is sent to prison after a botched armed robbery attempt with her husband goes bad. While receiving her prison physical, she finds out that she is two months pregnant with her dead husband's baby. Later, she goes into early labor while behind bars after a convict friend commits suicide. After being in trouble a few times, including being locked up in solitary confinement and having her head shaved by a sadistic prison guard, the woman starts becoming more like the career criminals she's locked in with.