Drama · United Kingdom · 1954 · 1h 28m

The Weak and the Wicked

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Director
J. Lee Thompson
Cast
Glynis Johns as Jean Raymond Diana Dors as Betty Brown John Gregson as Dr. Michael Hale Olive Sloane as Nellie Baden Rachel Roberts as Pat Jane Hylton as Babs Peters
Crew
Gilbert Taylor — Director of Photography Richard Best — Editor Leighton Lucas — Original Music Composer J. Lee Thompson — Writer Anne Burnaby — Writer Joan Henry — Novel
Tagline

The sensational naked shame expose of women's prisons!

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.

Mood & Themes
women's prison
Key Collaborators
J. Lee Thompson Director Gilbert Taylor Director of Photography Richard Best Editor Leighton Lucas Original Music Composer J. Lee Thompson Writer Anne Burnaby Writer Joan Henry Novel Victor Skutezky Producer
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