The read
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts from a 16mm print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Hazel JamiesonScreenplay
- Joseph O'DonnellScreenplay
- Leo C. PopkinDirector
Cast
- Louise BeaversMother Barton
- Reginald FendersonFreddie Gordon
- Monte HawleyJackson
- Eugene JacksonPete
- Freddie JacksonEddie