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The Weak and the Wicked(1954)
Status: Released
Date: 1954-02-02
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11 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
The sensational naked shame expose of women's prisons!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Movie: The Weak and the Wicked
Top 10 Billed Cast
Glynis Johns
Jean Raymond
Diana Dors
Betty Brown
John Gregson
Dr. Michael Hale
Olive Sloane
Nellie Baden
Rachel Roberts
Pat
Jane Hylton
Babs Peters
Athene Seyler
Millie Williams
Sybil Thorndike
Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
Sid James
Syd Baden
Eliot Makeham
Grandad Baden
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1954-02-02
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The sensational naked shame expose of women's prisons!
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