Film
Prison Farm
1938 · 1h 7m · Drama · Crime
PRISON MORE TERRIFYING THAN DEVIL'S ISLAND
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Overview
Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to six months on a prison farm populated by both men and women (segregated, of course). Ross is also incarcerated, suffering the cruelties of the sadistic male and female guards (including J. Carroll Naish and future "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main!)
Cast
Shirley Ross
Jean Forest
Lloyd Nolan
Larry Harrison
John Howard
Dr. Roi Conrad
J. Carrol Naish
Noel Haskins
Porter Hall
Chiston R. Bradby
Esther Dale
Cora Waxley
May Boley
'Shifty' Sue
Marjorie Main
Matron Brand
Anna Q. Nilsson
Matron Ames
Robert Brister
Joe Easy
Mae Busch
Trixie
Edwin J. Carlie
Mailman
Jimmy Conlin
Dave, the Grocer
Virginia Dabney
Prisoner Maisie
Dick Elliott
The Glenby Judge
Ethyl May Halls
Matron
Crew
- Louis KingDirector
- Robert YostScreenplay
- Eddie WelchScreenplay
- Stuart AnthonyScreenplay
- Edwin V. WestrateStory
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 17, 1938
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 7m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
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