The Steel Cage (1954)
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Like its predecessor Duffy of San Quentin, The Steel Cage is made up of episodes from a never-telecast TV series based on the career of progressive prison warden Clinton T. Duffy. Paul Kelly plays Duffy, while his wife is portrayed by Maureen O'Sullivan. Divided into three separate playlets, the film begins with the semi-comic story of an ill-tempered chef (Walter Slezak) who is railroaded into San Quentin by a gourmet prisoner. The second story concerns a tense hostage situation fomented by would-be escapees John Ireland and Lawrence Tierney. The closing story deals with an incarcerated painter (Kenneth Tobey), whose belief in God is renewed by an idealistic young priest (Arthur Franz). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Paul Kelly - Warden Clinton T. Duffy
- John Ireland - Ringleader
- Arthur Franz - Kenneth Tobey
- Herb Jacobs - Lyle Talbot
- Charles Nolte - Stanley Andrews
- James Seay - Don Beddoe
- Ben Welden - George Chandler
- Morris Ankrum
- Walter Slezak - The Chef
- George A. Cooper
- George E. Stone
- Alan Mowbray
- George Chandler
- Liz Fraser
- Maureen O'Sullivan - Gladys Duffy
- Lawrence Tierney - Ringleader
- Ned Glass - George E. Stone
- Henry Kulky - Elizabeth Fraser
- Gene Roth - Morris Ankrum
- Charles Tannen - Robert Bice
- Stanley Andrews
- Don Beddoe
- Lyle Talbot
- Kenneth Tobey
- Robert Bice
- Louis Hayward
- Joanne Dru
- Director(s):
- Walter Doniger
- Writer(s):
- Berman Swarttz, Walter Doniger, Oliver Crawford
- Producer(s):
- Walter Doniger, Berman Swarttz
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