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Strait-Jacket Overview:

Strait-Jacket (1964) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by William Castle and produced by William Castle.

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Joan Crawford in a Strait-Jacket

By Rick29 on Jan 24, 2019 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Before the credits even roll in Strait-Jacket (1964), a narrated flashback provides all the background information we need to know. It starts with Frank Harbin hooking up with ex-girlfriend Stella while his wife Lucy is out of town. Frank takes Stella back to the farm for some hanky-panky, even thou... Read full article

Strait-Jacket

By Barry P. on Jul 30, 2016 From Cinematic Catharsis

(1964) Directed by William Castle; Written by Robert Bloch; Starring: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, John Anthony Hayes and George Kennedy Available on DVD Rating: ***½ “Today I saw a different Lucy. A woman who’s trying to look and act as if those 2... Read full article

Strait-Jacket (1964)

By Emily on Feb 24, 2014 From The Vintage Cameo

Strait-Jacket is a delightfully campy ’60s thriller starring the indomitable Joan Crawford, directed by B-movie legend William Castle, and written by Robert Bloch, whom you may know as the author of Psycho. With all those pedigrees in place, it’s no wonder that Strait-Jacket is a class... Read full article

Strait-Jacket

By RBuccicone on Nov 9, 2010 From MacGuffin Movies

Strait-Jacket (1964)      So begins part two of the “Joan Crawford: Old and Crazy” reviews, and although I have given Strait-Jacket the same rating as Berserk, the former is a better flick by comparison. Filmed three years earlier than her circus-murder movie, Crawford actually beh... Read full article

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Strait-Jacket Quotes:

Lucy Harbin: [to Michael] You sit down here with Carrol because I wouldn't want her to think I was taking her father away from her.
Carol Harbin: I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! No I didn't mean that, I love you. I hate you!
Lucy Harbin: [shakes Lucy's bracelets] Where did you get those?
Carol Harbin: I saved them, I remember the way they used to jangle when you picked me up to kiss me goodnight.
Lucy Harbin: Carol, you want a drink?
Carol Harbin: No thank you, Mother.
Lucy Harbin: But it's a celebration.
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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Strait-Jacket Facts
Joan Crawford:  [Pepsi]  In the kitchen scenes at the beginning of the movie, a carton of Pepsi-Cola is prominently displayed on the counter. Joan Crawford was the widow of Alfred Steele, who had been CEO of the Pepsi-Cola Company, and at the time of filming Crawford, still on the Board of Directors, demanded that product placement shots be included in all her films of this era. See also Berserk.
Film debut of Lee Majors who got the small role of playing Lucy Harbin's (Joan Crawford's) husband in the flashback scene after his good friend Rock Hudson asked William Castle to please find a part for the then 23-year-old actor.
Joan Crawford had script and cast approval.
The storyline for the movie was originally to end at the scene in the Fields' home after Lucy Harbin has exposed her daughter Carol who is seen ranting and raving about how she had planned everything, but Joan Crawford used her considerable clout to push for and receive an additional scene afterward which showcased her explaining everything to her brother, thus having the movie end with the audience's last impression being of Joan Crawford.
At Joan Crawford's insistence, Anne Helm was replaced by Diane Baker shortly after filming began.
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