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The Gilded Cage
The Gilded Cage

5.2

The Gilded Cage

NR·1955·77m

Summary

Steve and Harry become involved in an art theft. Harry is framed by the crooks, and arrested by the police. Steve has to prove his brother's innocence.

Crew

Director

John Gilling

Screenplay

Brock Williams

Story

Paul Erickson

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

November 14, 2022

5

Quite an unremarkable crime caper that sees the theft of a valuable portrait - quite a smudged one at that - of an un-named woman. Poor old "Harry" (Michael Alexander) is front and centre on the suspects list, but luckily his beefcake brother "Steve" (Alex Nicol) arrives from the US just in time to look into these shenanigans. Any art historian would have conniptions at the manner in which this supposedly priceless work of art is handled - especially at the end when the cunning deception is cleverly exposed. What budget there was went on Nicol's air fare - the rest of the thing is seriously basic with pretty banal dialogue and though the principle of the conclusion is quite quirky, the execution is a bit shoddy. By no means the worst film ever made by John Gilling, but it's twenty minutes too long and the love interest from a very matronly looking Veronica Hurst ("Marcia") just clutters up the pace.

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

art thief