Strait-Jacket

WARNING! 'Strait-Jacket' vividly depicts ax murders!

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

1964

Thriller·Horror·Drama

1h 33min

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Top Billed Cast

Joan Crawford
Lucy Harbin
Diane Baker
Carol Harbin
Leif Erickson
Bill Cutler
Howard St. John
Raymond Fields
John Anthony Hayes
Michael Fields
Rochelle Hudson
Emily Cutler
George Kennedy
Leo Krause
Edith Atwater
Mrs. Fields
Mitchell Cox
Dr. Anderson
Lee Majors
Frank Harbin (uncredited)
Patricia Crest
Stella Fulton (uncredited)
Vicki Cos
Carol Harbin - Age 3 (uncredited)
Lynn Lundgren
Beautician (uncredited)

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