Joy House


1h 37m 1964

Film Details

Also Known As
Les félins, The Love Cage
Genre
Crime
Romance
Release Date
Jan 1964
Premiere Information
Cincinnati, Ohio, opening: 28 Oct 1964
Production Company
CIPRA; Cité Films
Distribution Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Country
France
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Joy House by Day Keene (New York, 1954).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 37m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1

Synopsis

In Monte Carlo, Marc, a handsome cardsharp, escapes American gangsters who have been ordered to kill him by the boss of a New York gang because he had an affair with the boss's wife. Marc hides in a mission for the poor where Barbara, a wealthy widow, finds him and hires him as her chauffeur. At Barbara's chateau, Melinda, Barbara's niece, becomes attracted to him. Marc discovers that Barbara is hiding her lover, Vincent, in the secret rooms and passageways of the chateau. She and Vincent (a bank robber sought by the police for murdering Barbara's husband) plan to murder Marc so that Vincent may use his passport in escaping to South America. Marc and Barbara begin an affair but are discovered by Vincent, who then kills Barbara but is himself killed by the American gangsters, who mistake him for Marc. Marc and Melinda plan to dispose of the two bodies, but when Melinda learns that Marc is planning to leave without her, she tricks the police into believing Marc guilty and forces him to hide in the chateau's secret rooms. He is her prisoner, just as Vincent had been her aunt's.

Film Details

Also Known As
Les félins, The Love Cage
Genre
Crime
Romance
Release Date
Jan 1964
Premiere Information
Cincinnati, Ohio, opening: 28 Oct 1964
Production Company
CIPRA; Cité Films
Distribution Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Country
France
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Joy House by Day Keene (New York, 1954).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 37m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1

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Notes

Location scenes filmed on the French Riviera. Opened in Paris in June 1964 as Les félins; running time: 110 min. Filmed mostly in English. Also known as The Love Cage.