The Glass Cage

A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!

Cast

John Ireland

as Pel Pelham

Honor Blackman

as Jenny Pelham

Geoffrey Keen

as Harry Stanton

Eric Pohlmann

as Henri Sapolio

Sid James

as Tony Lewis

Liam Redmond

as Inspector Lindley

Tonia Bern

as Rena Maroni

Sydney Tafler

as Rorke

Ferdy Mayne

as Bertie

Valerie Vernon

as Bella

Reviews

John Chard

Pel Pelham Opening Soon With Starving Man Act. 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...

CinemaSerf

Eric Pohlmann is "Sapolio", quite a large fellow who declares that he is going to have himself locked in a glass room for 70 days without food. Can he survive? Well it turns out, in this short thriller, that he might be a damn sight safer than some of those outside - as murder is afoot. "Pel" (John ...

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