Agnes Moorehead, Betty Garde, Don Beddoe

A young innocent fights to survive the harsh life in a women's prison.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: John Cromwell

Release Date: January 1, 1950

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DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007

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  • June 12, 2007
    One of the best prison movies I've seen. Supposedly based on true incidents taken from a diary written in prison, albeit by an author who was in prison for research rather than a rap. Eleanor Parker deserved her Best Actress nom as the naive 19 year old girl who gets hard lesson...( read more)s about life while in jail as an accessory to armed robbery. Her transformation from innocent kid to hardened criminal was astounding. Hope Emerson's 6'2" prison matron, who believed prisoners should be treated like animals in cages, was brutal and hateful, leading directly to Parker's downfall. The downer ending I believe added to the film rather than dragged it down. Movies with such a large female cast (only two men that I can recall) don't normally have this dark a tone. No matter how you feel about prisons and prisoners, you need to see this. A first-class job from all involved.
  • October 23, 2009
    Great womens prison movie
  • August 15, 2009
    Amazing movie. Hope Emerson will never leave your mind.....
    She deserved the Oscar.
  • March 29, 2009
    The grandmother of all women in prison movies. All the cliches are here. The young innocent turned to a hard criminal life, the sadistic guard just screaming for her comeuppance, the seasoned old con. But its all well presented and has good to excellent performances from a host o...( read more)f great character actresses.
  • October 23, 2008
    the mother of women in prison films. eleanor parker is a marvel as marie allen in her slide from hapless innocent to hardened inmate on the make. she gets solid support from agnes moorhead, hope emerson and betty garde. also featured are great character turns from queenie smit...( read more)h, jan sterling, lee patrick, gertrude michael, olive deering and ellen corby.
  • June 13, 2007
    old hollywood was amazing where did it go?

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