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19 January 1964 (USA) moreTagline:
HER HUSBAND...HER ROOM... ......AND ANOTHER WOMAN morePlot:
After a 20 year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior. full summary | full synopsisNewsDesk:
Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (March 13, 2009)(From AfterElton.com. 12 March 2009, 7:16 PM, PDT)
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Crawford and Castle moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Joan Crawford | ... | Lucy Harbin | |
| Diane Baker | ... | Carol Harbin | |
| Leif Erickson | ... | Bill Cutler | |
| Howard St. John | ... | Raymond Fields | |
| John Anthony Hayes | ... | Michael Fields | |
| Rochelle Hudson | ... | Emily Cutler | |
| George Kennedy | ... | Leo Krause | |
| Edith Atwater | ... | Mrs. Fields | |
| Mitchell Cox | ... | Dr. Anderson |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Germany:18 | Portugal:M/16 | USA:Approved | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | UK:X (theatrical release) (cut) | Finland:(Banned) (1964)Fun Stuff
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The sound effect for the heads being chopped off was the prop man wielding an ax and cutting a watermelon in half. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Opening sequence includes close-up of front page newspaper story announcing that Lucy has been declared insane. But photo used to illustrate story shows character wearing earrings that weren't purchased until years later, after her release. moreQuotes:
First little girl: Lucy Harbin took an axe, gave her husband forty whacks, when she saw what she had done, she gave his girlfriend forty one.Carol Harbin: [Lucy storms out to find two girls playing jump rope] What is it, Mother?
Lucy Harbin: I heard them...
First little girl: London bridge is falling down, falling down, London bridge is falling down, my fair lady.
Carol Harbin: It's just a nursery rhyme, mother.
Second little girl: Take the key and lock her up, lock her up, lock her up, take the key and lock her up, my fair lady.
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Featured in Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V) moreSoundtrack:
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Strait-Jacket (1964)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Joan Crawford chops off her husbands head as well as his lover and gets sent away to an asylum. Twenty years later she is released and goes to live with her daughter (Diane Baker) but soon more headless bodies start to pile up. This is a pretty good shocker that works mainly because of the Robert Bloch screenplay, which slightly borrows from his very own Psycho. Needless to say, there's a very big plot twist at the end of the film but I caught onto it within the first ten minutes of the movie so I doubt this twist comes as a shock to anyone. Castle's direction is a tad bit soft during the majority of the film but he does a great job when it comes to the axe murders. The murder sequences are well staged and contain some nice editing. Another good sequence comes when the mother and daughter are first united and try to get to know one another. The biggest problem is that I caught the twist so the middle section of the film had me yawning a few times waiting for the big climax. Crawford is good in her part as is Baker. A young George Kennedy adds some fun to the film as well.