Strait-Jacket

WARNING! 'Strait-Jacket' vividly depicts ax murders!

6.519641h 33m

Released

Thriller

Horror

Drama

Overview

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

StatusReleased

Release Date1964-01-19

Runtime1h 33m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

parent child relationship

asylum

axe murder

mother daughter reunion

proto-slasher

mother daughter relationship

hagsploitation

psycho-biddy

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Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Joan Crawford

as Lucy Harbin

Diane Baker

as Carol Harbin

Leif Erickson

as Bill Cutler

Howard St. John

as Raymond Fields

John Anthony Hayes

as Michael Fields

Rochelle Hudson

as Emily Cutler

George Kennedy

as Leo Krause

Edith Atwater

as Mrs. Fields

Mitchell Cox

as Dr. Anderson

Lee Majors

as Frank Harbin (uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

Nov 30, 2014

7.5/10

Lucy Harbin took an axe, gave her husband 40 whacks….. …..when she saw what she had done, she gave his girlfriend 41. Strait-Jacket is produced and directed by William Castle and written by Robert Bloch. It stars Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, Rochelle Hudson and George Kennedy. Music is by Van Alexander and cinemat…

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