FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

jeffhaller A melodrama? You bet. But isn't every day in prison a real melodrama. The plot is pretty simple, this is a movie about characters. I can't imagine actresses having more fun than what is offered here; even the smallest roles are so well defined. The scene with Marie's mother is painfully honest in explaining how these situations are not simple. In spite of the horror, there is a lot of good humor and kindness shown in these horrifyng situations. I can't believe that anyone could find a boring second in this beautifully acted, strongly directed, knowingly written and brilliantly photographed masterpiece. You might smile afterwards over how outrageous it is, but I bet no one smiles during. One of Hollywood's greatest that somehow is forgotten today.

Doctor Leap Well made film prison film and a must see for anyone that likes Elenor Parker, who is good, but Agnes Moorehead and Hope Emerson are even better. Emerson (nominated for an Oscar) is brutal as she commands the pregnant Marie Allen (Elenor Parker) to scrub the prison floor when she learns that Allen is unable to pay her way into a decent prison job. The use of period-contextual prison jargon makes this film extremely interesting. The one-sheet from this film is fantastic!!!! It features Marie Allen's fellow inmates: Claire, a queen of the prison vice-ring, Smoochie - a street-lamp gal, and Emma, the prison matron's patsy. Finally, similar to the ending in Johnny Apollo (1940), and to quote the one-sheet, "She was part-good before-She's ALL BAD NOW!"

Wizard-8 As others here have pointed out, "Caged" is considered to be the first true women in prison movie. Of course, being that it was made back in 1950 by a major Hollywood studio, there is really nothing in the movie that could be considered exploitive. In fact, the movie managed to pick up three Oscar nominations. Indeed, if you look at the movie in the eyes of the filmmakers, who clearly had serious intentions, the story told here is a fairly compelling one. It illustrates both the bad conditions of prisons and points out why many prisoners reoffend once back in society. The direction and acting are also professional and deadly serious. But if you have seen your fair share of women in prison movies that were made from the 1970s on, the movie has some extra interest in that it clearly served as a template for exploitation filmmakers. Many of the elements of this particular story were both recycled and hardened to satisfy the grindhouse crowd. The movie is fairly tame today and won't satisfy people looking for schlocky thrills, but if you are in the mood for a serious women in prison movie and/or want to see how the genre started, "Caged" does have more than enough interest.

JLRMovieReviews This review is for those of you who know Eleanor Parker only as the Baroness in "The Sound of Music" and/or those who don't know her name but have seen the musical for a lifetime without appreciating the actress of Eleanor Parker and her range.We open on a truck of women being transported to women's prison. She is obviously new to this situation as she looks scared out of her wits and lost. She says it all with her eyes. She is pulled out of the truck and rushed into the big house. We discover her husband did a holdup and was killed, but, because she was in the car waiting, she was considered an accessory to the crime and was given 1 to 15 years. But she could be out in 10 months for good behavior, if nothing happens to her in the meantime. But, as it was inevitable, a cruel matron, played mercilessly well by Hope Emerson, factors in the development of Eleanor's hardened character. Agnes Moorehead gives great support as the superintendent or warden of the institution and is a much-needed friend to Eleanor and the film boasts a strong cast of character actresses including Ellen Corby, Jan Sterling and Lee Patrick, but the film belongs completely to Eleanor Parker and the film's director who holds nothing back. At times, the film is unbearable to take from the callousness and indifference of the employees who admit them in the prison to the cruel treatment they are accustomed to from the matron and even each other. "Caged" is an unflinchingly raw and grim look at prison life, no holds barred. Making it particularly worse is seeing just how vulnerable Eleanor is and how unjust and inhuman the treatment is.Ms. Parker was Oscar nominated for her performance and, if ever she was going to win, it would have been for this performance. Though Ms. Parker will be seen every year by millions who watch "The Sound of Music" and forgotten the next day, she was called "the actress of a thousand faces," due to her dramatic range and was considered one of the best actresses of her day. Watch "Caged" and more of her films and discover the world of Eleanor Parker and you'll simply be amazed by this versatile actress.