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The Steel Cage (1954)

The Steel Cage poster
Directed by
Walter Doniger
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of prisoners face conflicts and danger inside a high security jail. The story follows their interactions with guards and each other as tensions rise.

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What happens

The Steel Cage is a 1954 American film noir drama film directed by Walter Doniger, written by Oliver Crawford, Walter Doniger, Scott Littleton, Berman Swarttz and Guy Trosper, and starring Paul Kelly, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Slezak, John Ireland, Lawrence Tierney and Arthur Franz. It was released in December 1954, by United Artists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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