The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- J. Lee ThompsonDirector
- J. Lee ThompsonWriter
- Anne BurnabyWriter
- Leighton LucasOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Glynis JohnsJean Raymond
- Diana DorsBetty Brown
- John GregsonDr. Michael Hale
- Olive SloaneNellie Baden
- Rachel RobertsPat
- Jane HyltonBabs Peters
- Athene SeylerMillie Williams
- Sybil ThorndikeMabel Wicks, Millie's friend
- Sidney JamesSyd Baden
- Eliot MakehamGrandad Baden
- Anthony NewleyBob Baden
- Simone SilvaTina
Stills
Themes
women's prison