Top billed cast

1. 

   Joan Crawford

   Lucy Harbin

2. 

   Diane Baker

   Carol Harbin

3. 

   Leif Erickson

   Bill Cutler

4. 

   Howard St. John

   Raymond Fields

5. 

   John Anthony Hayes

   Michael Fields

6. 

   Rochelle Hudson

   Emily Cutler

7. 

   George Kennedy

   Leo Krause

8. 

   Edith Atwater

   Mrs. Fields

9. 

   Mitchell Cox

   Dr. Anderson

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-11-30

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 cinematography by Arthur E. Arling.

Lucy Harbin (Crawford) has spent 20 years in a mental asylum for the brutal axe murders of her husband and his mistress. Released back into society, Lucy goes to live at the farm of her brother Bill (Erickson), whe...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• parent child relationship
• asylum
• axe murder
• mother daughter reunion
• proto-slasher
• mother daughter relationship
• hagsploitation
• ax
• psycho-biddy