USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting)

Caged

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Caged -- Harrowing tale of an innocent young woman (Eleanor Parker) wrongly sent to prison where she suffers many woes, especially at the hands of a corrupt matron (Hope Emerson), then becomes embittered and emerges a hardened criminal a few years later. Directed by John Cromwell, the brutalizing conditions of prison life are convincingly enacted by a good cast and the result supplies an emotional perspective to the issue of prison reform. Stylized violence and justice questions. (A-II) (br) 1950

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.