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The Glass Cage (American title: The Glass Tomb) is a 1955 British second feature [2] mystery film, directed by Montgomery Tully and starring John Ireland, Honor Blackman and Sid James. [3] It was made by Hammer Film Productions. [4] The film is based on the novel The Outsiders (a.k.a. Common People) by A.E. Martin. [5]
The Glass Tomb: Directed by Montgomery Tully. With John Ireland, Honor Blackman, Geoffrey Keen, Eric Pohlmann. Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating.
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- Mystery
- Montgomery Tully
- 1955-04-15
With a police decoy lying in Sapolio's bed, Pel and Lindley scan the crowds, searching for the guilty man. One afternoon, Stanton disguises himself as a doctor and enters the tomb, but when he attempts to kill "Sapolio," the policeman rises up to fight him. Stanton shoots the policeman, then holds the crowd at bay with his pistol.
Prior to the start of the ordeal, Sapolio and his wife throw a party in their flat. When a girl in an upstairs apartment is murdered, suspicion falls on Pel and Tony Lewis, the girl's former boyfriend. Sapolio unknowingly has glimpsed the murderer, but initially cannot remember what he looked like.
The Glass Tomb (AKA: The Glass Cage) is directed by Montgomery Tully and adapted to screenplay by Richard Landau from the story The Outsiders written by A. E. Martin. It stars John Ireland, Honor Blackman, Geoffrey Keen, Eric Pohlmann, Sid James and Sydney Tafler.
Jul 6, 2023 · Directed by: Montgomery Tully. Synopsis: Carnival barker Pel Pelham (John Ireland) and professional ‘Starving Man’ Sapolio (Eric Pohlmann) hold a party to raise money for a new circus act. When a girl is murdered during the evening, the various performers quickly become suspects.
The Glass Cage (American title: The Glass Tomb) is a 1955 British mystery film, directed by Montgomery Tully and starring John Ireland, Honor Blackman and Sid James. It was made by Hammer Film Productions.
