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Strait-Jacket ()

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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.
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Lucy Harbin
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Carol Cutler
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Bill Cutler
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Raymond Fields
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Michael Fields
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Emily Cutler
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Leo Krause
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Mrs. Alison Fields
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Dr. Anderson
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Vicki Cos ...
Carol Harbin - Age 3 (uncredited)
Patricia Crest ...
Stella Fulton (uncredited)
Laura Hess ...
Second Little Girl (uncredited)
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Patty Lee ...
First Little Girl (uncredited)
Lynn Lundgren ...
Beautician (uncredited)
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Frank Harbin (uncredited)
Robert Ward ...
Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

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William Castle

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Robert Bloch ... (written by)

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William Castle ... producer
Dona Holloway ... associate producer

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Van Alexander

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Arthur E. Arling ... director of photography (as Arthur Arling)

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Edwin H. Bryant ... (as Edwin Bryant)

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Boris Leven

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Frank Tuttle

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Virginia Jones ... hair stylist
Ben Lane ... makeup creator
Peggy Shannon ... hair styles: Miss Crawford
Monty Westmore ... makeup artist: Miss Crawford (as Monte Westmore)

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Herbert S. Greene ... assistant director (as Herbert Greene)

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Lambert E. Day ... sound (as Lambert Day)
Charles J. Rice ... sound supervisor

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Richard Albain ... special effects

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Albert Bettcher ... first assistant camera (uncredited)

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Paul Tanner ... musician: electro-theremin (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Lucy Harbin has been in an asylum for twenty years after axing her husband and his mistress during a crime of passion, witnessed by her young daughter, Carol. While trying to renew ties with Carol, who is now a young woman about to be married, heads begin to roll again. Is Lucy repeating her past? Written by Ray Hamel

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Taglines HER HUSBAND...HER ROOM... ......AND ANOTHER WOMAN See more »
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Also Known As
  • Straightjacket (United States)
  • La meurtrière diabolique (France)
  • Die Zwangsjacke (Germany)
  • El caso de Lucy Harbin (Spain)
  • Kényszerzubbonyban (Hungary)
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  • 93 min
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Budget $550,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Feature-film debut of Lee Majors, who plays the small role of Lucy Harbin's (Joan Crawford's) husband in the flashback scene. He got the part when his good friend Rock Hudson asked William Castle to please find a job for the 23-year-old actor. See more »
Goofs The steering wheel of the car in which Joan Crawford and Diane Baker are riding is a dark color. When they get out of the car, a white steering wheel can be seen through the windshield. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2002). See more »
Soundtracks There Goes That Song Again See more »
Crazy Credits The Columbia Pictures logo at the end of the film has the Torch Lady's head chopped off and placed at her feet, and her torch light extinguished. See more »
Quotes Carol Harbin: Their first mistake was thinking that the child was asleep. The second mistake was that the wife had decided to come home that night on the train.
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