Man in the Cage (17 Jan. 1961)

An American comes to Tangier to search for his missing brother and becomes embroiled in the search for a missing cache of heroin.

Director:

Gerald Mayer

Writers:

Stuart Jerome (adaptation), Maxwell Shane (adaptation),

Stars:

Boris Karloff, Philip Carey, Diana Millay

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Boris Karloff	...	Himself
Philip Carey	...	Darryl Hudson
Diana Millay	...	Ellen McKinstry
Eduardo Ciannelli	...	Inspector Le Boude
Barry Gordon	...	'Slip-Slip'
Al Ruscio	...	Allah El Kazim
Theodore Marcuse	...	Arthur Upshaw
Danielle Aubry	...	Landlady (as Daniele Aubry)
Guy Stockwell	...	Noel Hudson
Than Wyenn	...	Jean Duval
Jonathan Kidd	...	Duff McKinstry
Patrick Sexton	...	Guard (as Pat Sexton)
Naji Gabbay	...	Ali Atouf
Lilyan Chauvin	...	Mrs. Barrister
Russ Bender	...	Burdett

Storyline

An American comes to Tangier to search for his missing brother and becomes embroiled in the search for a missing cache of heroin.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 January 1961 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hubbell Robinson Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

Instead of the usual series theme, a "middle eastern" theme plays over the closing credits.

User Reviews

Philip Carey and Eduardo Ciannelli

A Maxwell Shane adventure set in Morocco, with Philip Carey searching Tangier for his missing brother (Guy Stockwell), who was involved with gun running and heroin smuggling. Theo Marcuse stands out among the villains, perhaps best remembered for the STAR TREK episode "Catspaw" in 1967, shortly before his untimely death in a car crash. A larger than usual cast also features familiar faces such as Russ Bender (a Roger Corman veteran previously seen in "Worse Than Murder"), Booth Colman, who would later play a police lieutenant in episode 53 "Waxworks," and dependable Hollywood veteran Eduardo Ciannelli as the investigating inspector (he would later appear in episode 62, "The Bride Who Died Twice"). The presence of 12 year old Barry Gordon, longtime veteran of movies and TV, is all that's necessary to believe that Tangier wasn't such a dangerous place to be at that time.