US Severin Films 4 disc 2025 Blu-ray edition - region All
1. The Glass Ceiling (1971) Direction and co-script: Eloy De La Iglesia prod. Spain
with. Carmen Sevilla, Patty Sheppard, Emma Cohen, Dean Selmier, Hugo Blanco
A Spanish crime mystery and maybe
a Giallo when Marta's husband Carlos (Hugo
Blanco) is away on a business trip and she's left alone (with the Cat).
Marta (Carmen Sevilla) gets bored after a while and starts looking at
and listening to
her neigbours. Above her lives Julia (Patty "Blue-Eyes" Sheppard)
and Marta can hear
her and her husbandVictor's footsteps, but when she asks Julia about Victor
she says
that Victor is on a business trip too and that no-one besides her are
there.
Marta is nosy and bored and starts fantasize
about The Mystery of the Steps,
is Julia
having a Lover ? And, even worse, if so, could they have murdered Victor
?
Marta starts sleuthing, who could the lover,
if there is a lover, be ? Is it Marta's land
-lord, Ricardo (Dean Selmier) or is it the creepy and aggressive grocery
delivery
guy, Pedro ? Yes, the plot slightly resembles "Rear Window"
by Alfred Hitchcock.
Film presented in 1.85:1 widescreen in spanish
mono audio with english subtitles
Extras:
Introduction by Kier- La Janisse
Audio commentary by Shelagh Rowan Legg and Alexandra West
Patty Sheppard remembered by her sister Judith Chapman (17 minutes)
Alternate scenes from the TV version
Trailer
Short Film: "Anta Mujer" by Agustin Villaronga (1976) 26 minutes
