Cage of Gold is a 1950 British drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Basil Dearden

Basil Dearden

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 and starring Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

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, Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom

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 and Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee

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.

Plot

A young woman gives up her stable life and leaves her fiancé for a married man, who gets her pregnant and then abandons her.

Critical Responses

"Melodrama of a young girl's tragic infatuation for a worthless bounder who had been her schoolgirl hero. Lavishly staged and efficiently directed, but the characters are somewhat stereotyped."

Cast

• Jean Simmons
  Jean Simmons
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   as Judith Moray
• David Farrar as Bill Glennan
• James Donald
  James Donald
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   as Dr Alan Kearn
• Herbert Lom
  Herbert Lom
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   as Rahman
• Madeleine LeBeau
  Madeleine LeBeau
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   as Marie Jouvet
• Maria Mauban as Antoinette Duport
• Bernard Lee
  Bernard Lee
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   as Inspector Grey
• Grégoire Aslan
  Grégoire Aslan
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   as Duport
• Gladys Henson
  Gladys Henson
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   as Waddy
• Harcourt Williams
  Harcourt Williams
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   as Dr Kearn senior
• Léo Ferré
  Léo Ferré
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   as Victor
• George Benson
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   as Assistant Registrar
• Martin Boddey
  Martin Boddey
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   as Police Sergeant Adams
• Arthur Hambling
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   as Jenkins
• Campbell Singer
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  as Constable