Cat in a Cage

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Zarin Dast</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dramatis Personae*</B></div> <div> <B>Bruce Khan.........Bruce Vaughan </B></div> <div> <B>Susan Khan.........Sybil Danning (Howling II, The Hitchhiker-TV)</B></div> <div> <B>Gilda Riener.......Colleen Camp (Wayne's World, Police Academy II)</B></div> <div> <B>Ezil...............Ursaline Bryant-King </B></div> <div> <B>Ralph Desmond......Mel Novak</B></div> <div> <B>Rachid Khan........Frank de Kova</B></div> <div> <B>Ali Khan...........Tony Bova</B></div> <div> <B>Detective Hoffman..Paul Harper (Bloody Trail)</B></div> <div> <B>Doctor Parrish.....Nathan Roth</B></div> <div> <B>Policeman at cabin.Patrick Wright (Dir: Hollywood High)</B></div> <div> <B>Milkman............Fredrick Franklain</B></div> <div> <B>Detective Pino.....Aram Katcher</B></div> <div> <B>Herman.............Paul Durazzo</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: Middling film quality, poor sound quality, no plot and boring actors. Sound good? Wait till you see them trying to make the cat scary, pawing at us. At first we thought that what we were viewing was some dubbing problems, typical of foreign films, with absurd strong language usage. However, this appears to be an American film. Incredible. Bruce's peace medallion and his taste in music don't exactly endear him to the already irritated viewer. This may be petty, but Bruce is pretty unattractive for the hero type. Perhaps it's just hard to remember what tastes ran to in the seventies. This absurd piece plods along with an amazing arbitrariness toward its inane conclusion. It's as though the makers had no idea in the first half of the film how it was going to turn out. The utterly unprepared introduction of the brother theme three quarters of the way through the film is probably the clumsiest thing we have seen, yet less a surprise than an inevitable attempt at same. And what's with the stupid cat? You're into this up to your pretty little neck.</B></div> <div> <B>Title song "Cat in the Cage" sung by Colleen Camp</B></div> <div> <B>                                  </B></div> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: Los Angeles. Bruce hasn't been showing any strange behavior, and is reacting "normally" to his mother's death. Thus, he is allowed to go home, and met by the maid Ezil at the stately mansion home. Bruce whistles for Sampson, his cat, alas, Sampson had attacked his father's beautiful fiance and had been given away, but just now found his way home. The maid goes off singing "Nobody knows the trouble I seen". Bruce hears something strange and goes to investigate, but it is just the memory of his mother playing tricks on him. The new Mrs. Khan, Susan, arrives home, and is furious to see the cat here. Both Susan's lover/chauffeur Ralph and she are none too pleased to hear that Bruce has returned. Right away, Susan and Bruce are sniping at one another just like old times. Bruce sicks his cat on his "mother" and it pulls her to the ground scratching her as Bruce laughs. Mr. Khan calls to say he'll be late, and Susan informs him that either Bruce leaves or she does. Susan, scratches and all, is soon off to visit the chauffeur in his cottage. It quickly becomes apparent that they were in on the death of mother and that they also plan to do away with the old man. Despite her cool, Susan is pretty jumpy about that cat. Father finally arrives home, and he too is disturbed that Sampson is still in evidence. Apparently Sampson has the unhappy habit of dragging dead things into Susan's room. (That would indicate it's female.) Bruce heads off to the beach house with Sampson and Gilda to cool off a while with a seventies musical interlude. Chauffeur Ralph takes Khan on a cruise to an "ideal spot" and produces a revolver. Khan spins out Aesop fables to the end. Bruce has meanwhile become concerned about the length of the cruise and sends out the coast guard. As Susan and Ralph celebrate, a cop pulls up to ask a few questions about some missing kids. This is inconvenient, however, because Ralph's and her car are placed together at the cottage. Bruce has meanwhile grown hopeless about his father. Ralph then goes out and sinks the yacht and puts himself adrift to complete the crime. He is soon picked up with his story of hitting something afloat. The detective is suspicious that Ralph survived the ordeal as happily as he did, but Ralph says he lived on canned food, although he strangely doesn't seem to know which blade is the can opener. Ezil is meanwhile engaged in some late night activities in the basement. When the inquisitive Ralph goes to investigate, he is bothered by a raven and then attacked by a masked individual whom he finds down there. Back to the seventies disco-musical interlude with Bruce and Gilda. When Bruce returns, he learns Ralph is missing. Susan says she's scared of Ezil, and begins pawing at Bruce, saying she can't be alone. Bruce is not amused. Bruce giggles over dinner about Ralph's going missing, and Susan calls detective Hoffman. The police arrive and investigate Sampson's pawing at something. It turns out to be Ralph, cursorily buried in the yard. Ezil runs off, and the police are after her. Gilda goes to the police and shockingly announces that Bruce reports having a strange brother who once lured him into a cage, but who died several years ago. Soon, someone pays Susan a late night visit. Is it just the cat? The masked person approaches Susan and begins pawing at her, catlike. The next day Bruce seems as baffled as the police. Ezil calls Bruce about getting "him" out of there and into a safe haven. Gilda calls doctor Parish at the hospital about the brother situation. Bruce is not pleased. Parish calls the police and soon the interminable chase and shootout is on with Bruce spilling the beans as they go about what's been going on.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>