The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
92 audience votes
Key crew
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- John CromwellDirector
- Virginia KelloggWriter
- Bernard C. SchoenfeldWriter
Cast
- Eleanor ParkerMarie Allen
- Agnes MooreheadRuth Benton
- Ellen CorbyEmma Barber
- Hope EmersonEvelyn Harper
- Betty GardeKitty Stark
- Jan SterlingGita "Smoochie" Kovsky
- Lee PatrickElvira Powell
- Olive DeeringJune Roberts
- Jane DarwellIsolation Matron
- Gertrude MichaelGeorgia Harrison
- Sheila MacRaeHelen
- Gertrude AstorInmate (uncredited)