"The Story of a Women's Prison today"

1950

1h 36m

7.1(78 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.

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Cast & Crew

73 members

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Eleanor Parker

Marie Allen

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Agnes Moorehead

Ruth Benton

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Ellen Corby

Emma Barber

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Hope Emerson

Evelyn Harper

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Betty Garde

Kitty Stark

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Jan Sterling

Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky

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Lee Patrick

Elvira Powell

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Olive Deering

June Roberts

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Jane Darwell

Isolation Matron

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Gertrude Michael

Georgia Harrison

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Sheila MacRae

Helen

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Gertrude Astor

Inmate (uncredited)

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George Baxter

Jeffries (uncredited)

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Guy Beach

Mr. Cooper (uncredited)

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Don Beddoe

Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)

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Gail Bonney

Inmate (uncredited)

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Lovyss Bradley

Inmate (uncredited)

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Ralph Brooks

Man in a Car (uncredited)

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Jean Calhoun

Inmate (uncredited)

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Claudia Cauldwell

Inmate (uncredited)

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Pauline Creasman

Inmate (uncredited)

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Marjorie Crossland

Katie "Cassie" Cassidy (uncredited)

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Jane Crowley

Matron (uncredited)

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Evelyn Dockson

Matron (uncredited)

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Pauline Drake

Doctor's Wife (uncredited)

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Marlo Dwyer

Julie O'Brien (uncredited)

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Helen Eby-Rock

Inmate (uncredited)

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Virginia Engels

Inmate (uncredited)

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Barbara Esback

Matron (uncredited)

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Edith Evanson

Miss Barker (uncredited)

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Helen Gereghty

Inmate (uncredited)

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Grayce Hampton

Woman (uncredited)

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Grace Hayes

Mugging Matron (uncredited)

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Frances Henderson

Woman (uncredited)

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Gertrude Hoffmann

Millie Lewis (uncredited)

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Taylor Holmes

Sen. Ted Donnolly (uncredited)

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Esther Howard

Grace (uncredited)

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Bill Hunter

Guard (uncredited)

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Hazel Keener

Matron (uncredited)

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Doris Kemper

Inmate (uncredited)

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Ann Kunde

Inmate (uncredited)

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Margaret Lambert

Inmate (uncredited)

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Gracille LaVinder

Visiting Room Matron (uncredited)

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Marie Melesh

Inmate (uncredited)

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Tina Menard

Inmate (uncredited)

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Charles Meredith

Parole Board Chairman (uncredited)

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Joan Miller

Claire Devlin (uncredited)

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Frances Morris

Mrs. Foley (uncredited)

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Helen Mowery

Woman (uncredited)

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Zon Murray

Prison Guard (voice) (uncredited)

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Eva Nelson

Inmate (uncredited)

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Joyce Newhard

Inmate (uncredited)

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Rosemary O'Neil

Inmate (uncredited)

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Ezelle Poule

Inmate (uncredited)

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Yvonne Rob

Elaine (uncredited)

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Naomi Robison

Hattie (uncredited)

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Carole Shannon

Inmate (uncredited)

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Lynn Sherman

Ann (uncredited)

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Queenie Smith

Marie's Mother (uncredited)

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Helen Spring

Woman (uncredited)

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Eileen Stevens

Infirmary Nurse (uncredited)

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Amzie Strickland

Inmate (uncredited)

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Sheila Stuart

Velma Washington (uncredited)

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Nita Talbot

Inmate (uncredited)

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Wanda Tynan

Meta (uncredited)

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Ann Tyrrell

Edna (uncredited)

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Gladys Varden

Inmate (uncredited)

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Glen Walters

Inmate (uncredited)

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Harlan Warde

Dr. Ashton (uncredited)

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June Whipple

Ada (uncredited)

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Crew

Doris Whitney

Woman Visitor (uncredited)

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Marjorie Wood

Matron (uncredited)

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Peggy Wynne

Lottie (uncredited)

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