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The Torture Cage

Name: The Torture Cage
Director: Fred Paul
Released: 1928
Rating: 7
Cast: Wally Patch, Fred Paul, Evelyn Arden, H. Agar Lyons, Fred Rains

1928Fred PaulIMDb: 7/10

Synopsis

An evil criminal doctor entraps and tortures a greedy trader in this only surviving episode of silent adventure serial Dr Sin Fang..

Director

Fred Paul

Cast

H. Agar Lyons

Wally Patch

Fred Rains

Evelyn Arden

Editor's Choice Analysis

The Torture Cage: A dusty, weird slice of 1920s villainy

If you have about fifteen minutes and a tolerance for flickering black-and-white footage, The Torture Cage is worth a quick look. It is a strange little slice of history that mostly appeals to people who like digging through the trash of cinema to find something shiny. If you need a plot that actually resolves or 4K re...

Archivist John

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Featured Video

Dr Sin Fang: The Adventure of the Torture Cage (1928) | BFI National Archive

Filmography

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1928

The Torture Cage

Fred Paul

ScoreCult MeterScore

70%Popularity62%

#337Archive Rank#485

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Knowledge Base

The Torture Cage FAQ

The movie The Torture Cage was directed by Fred Paul.

The Torture Cage was released in the year 1928.

The Torture Cage has an IMDb rating of 7 out of 10.

The Torture Cage is a movie from United Kingdom.

The Torture Cage is categorised as Crime, Short in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.

The Torture Cage features H. Agar Lyons, Wally Patch, Fred Rains, Evelyn Arden.

The screenplay for The Torture Cage was written by Patrick K. Heale.

If you enjoy The Torture Cage, you might also like In the River (1920), A Fitting Gift (1920), Masks and Faces (1917), Her Greatest Performance (1916).

Yes, The Torture Cage (1928) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Crime and Short qualities.