Barbara Stanwyck had quite a career. She was the tough sexual predator when she was young and morphed into westerns when she got older. In my opinion, she doesn't get her rightful due as an actress. Many of her performances are just as good if not better than Bette Davis or Joan Crawford.
She also had a hot seething sexuality that was missing in Davis and was lost early on by Crawford.
This movie is something of a comic drama rather than a straight drama. Stanwyck goes to prison. Twice. And plots an escape the second time. It's an interesting movie -- especailly seeing what Hollywood's idea of a woman's prison was like in the 1930's.
She also had a hot seething sexuality that was missing in Davis and was lost early on by Crawford.
This movie is something of a comic drama rather than a straight drama. Stanwyck goes to prison. Twice. And plots an escape the second time. It's an interesting movie -- especailly seeing what Hollywood's idea of a woman's prison was like in the 1930's.