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form y separately published work icon The Glass Cage single work   film/TV   thriller   crime  
Alternative title: The Glass Tomb
Adaptation of Common People A. E. Martin , 1943 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 The Glass Cage
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Film Details - Lippert Pictures ; Hammer Films , 1955

Producers:

Anthony Hinds.

Production Companies:

Hammer Films.
Lippert Pictures.

Director of Photography:

Walter Harvey.

Editors:

James Needs.

Music:

Leonard Salzedo.

Cast:

Including John Ireland (Pel Pelham), Honor Blackman (Jenny Pelham), Geoffrey Keen (Harry Stanton), Eric Pohlmann (Henri Sapolio), Sidney James (Tony Lewis), Liam Redmond (Inspector Lindley), Sidney Tafler (Rorke), Valerie Vernon (Bella), Nora Gordon (Marie Sapolio), Sam Kydd (George), Ferdy Mayne (Bertie), Tonia Bern (Rena Maroni), Arthur Howard (Rutland), and Stanley Little (Mickelwitz).

Release Dates:

Initial limited release in the US (as The Glass Tomb) from 15 February 1955.

Wide release in the US from 15 April 1955.

Released in the UK from 29 August 1955.


Location:

  • Filmed in the UK.
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