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The Gilded Cage

"Murder! for an art treasure!"

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.

Top Cast

  • Alex Nicol

    Alex Nicol

    Steve Anderson

  • Veronica Hurst

    Veronica Hurst

    Marcia Farrell

  • Clifford Evans

    Clifford Evans

    Ken Aimes

  • Ursula Howells

    Ursula Howells

    Brenda Lucas

  • Elwyn Brook-Jones

    Elwyn Brook-Jones

    Bruno Lucas

  • John Stuart

    John Stuart

    Harding

  • Michael Alexander

    Michael Alexander

    Harry Anderson

  • Ronan O'Casey

    Ronan O'Casey

    Charles Liddell

  • Trevor Reid

    Trevor Reid

    Inspector Brace

Overview

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.

Rating

6.8 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Nov 14, 2022

    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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