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5.2/10   90 votes
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Director:

William C. McGann

Writer:

Crane Wilbur (original screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

22 October 1938 (USA) more

Genre:

Crime | Drama more

Plot:

This film proves the old adage "You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you shouldn't... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

Girls on Probation- Well Worth Probing this One ***1/2 more (8 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Jane Bryan ... Connie Heath

Ronald Reagan ... Neil Dillon
Anthony Averill ... Tony Rand
Sheila Bromley ... Hilda Engstrom
Henry O'Neill ... Judge
Elisabeth Risdon ... Kate Heath
Sig Ruman ... Roger Heath (as Sig Rumann)
Dorothy Peterson ... Jane Lennox

Susan Hayward ... Gloria Adams
Larry Williams ... Terry Mason - Hilda's Date
Arthur Hoyt ... Mr. Engstrom
Janet Shaw ... Prison Inmate
Joseph Crehan ... Todd
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Additional Details

Runtime:

63 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #4402) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:K-16


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Max Hoffman Jr. and 'Dick Rich' (Officers) and George Offerman Jr. (Elevator Operator) are in studio records/casting call lists for their roles, but they were not seen in the movie. Carole Landis was in listed as a cast member before production started, but she also was not seen in the movie. more

Quotes:

Hilda Engstrom: [to a priest, as she's dying] Pretty soon I'll be seeing your boss! more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bad Girls (1993) more


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Girls on Probation- Well Worth Probing this One ***1/2, 7 March 2009
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Author: edwagreen from United States

Excellent film dealing with who you meet up. Jane Bryan innocently meets up with her friend, played in fine fashion, by Sheila Bromley. Bromley leads Bryan into 2 horrible escapades leading to jail for both these characters. Bromley, terrific here, is hard-boiled, vicious and will do anything to please her lover.

After her first run in with the law, when she is cost wearing a dress that Bromley stole, Bryan meets up with future D.A. Ronald Reagan, whose young girlfriend turns out to be a very young SUSAN HAYWARD.

Sig Ruman, as Bryan's father, sheds his comic image here in a totally believable performance as a stern father who will not believe his daughter is not up to no good.

This is an exciting film with a great Hollywood ending.

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