William Castle: Strait Jacket / I Saw What You Did
(Movies) WhenOctober 30, 2014 <m>(Thursday)m>WhereAFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (US)
Phone: 301.495.6700
Website: http://www.afi.com/silver/films/2014/p68/williamcastle.aspx
Event Details
STRAIT-JACKET with I SAW WHAT YOU DID
STRAIT-JACKET
After 20 years in a mental hospital following the brutal axe murder of her husband and his mistress, Lucy Cutler Harbin (Joan Crawford) is pronounced cured and released, and goes to live with her brother and sister-in-law, along with her now-adult daughter, Carol (Diane Baker). But after a new series of mysterious axe murders takes place, all signs point to Lucy.
DIR/PROD William Castle; SCR Robert Bloch. US, 1964, b&w, 93 min, 35mm. NOT RATED
Followed by:I SAW WHAT YOU DID
Mischievous teenagers Libby, Kit and Tess make a series of prank phone calls, saying, "I saw what you did, and I know who you are." But they pick the wrong man to prank in Steve Marak (John Ireland), who has recently murdered his wife (Joyce Meadows), and now, believing the girls to be witnesses, sets about tracking them down. Meanwhile, Marak's neighbor Amy Nelson (Joan Crawford) really did see what he did - but she has her own agenda.
DIR/PROD William Castle; SCR William P. McGivern, from the novel by Ursula Curtiss. US, 1965, b&w, 82 min, digital presentation. NOT RATED