The lady is Mrs. Hilyard, a wealthy poetess who lives in a three-story city mansion and her cage is her elevator, which stops a dozen feet short of the main floor due to an electrical failure on a July 4th weekend. She rings her outside alarm, eventually noticed by a drunken derelict, who breaks into the house, ignores her plight and helps himself to various items and alcohol. He leaves with his loot but returns a while later with a plump prostitute and three teenage hoodlums, who proceed to terrorize Mrs. Hilyard as they wreck her home.
这算是一部早期的密室类惊悚电影了，编剧很棒，戏剧冲突强烈也体现着底层人民与上层社会的鲜明对比，氛围营造的很好，张力十足。奥利维亚晚期的角色跟贝蒂戴维斯有的一比啊~
剧本overdone。Caan真是小白兰度。
超酷片头，这可能又是个恐怖类型片鼻祖，Havilland演技十分彪悍，另外James Caan好帅！
The lady is Mrs. Hilyard a wealthy poetess who lives in a three-story city mansion and her cage is her elevator which stops a dozen feet short of the main floor due to an electrical failure on a July 4th weekend. She rings her outside alarm eventually noticed by a drunken derelict who breaks into the house ignores her plight and helps himself to various items and alcohol. ...
除了本身所讲的故事外各种细节暗示更是精彩(表演摄影些许用力过猛但可以忽略)
