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19 May 1950 (USA)
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The Story of a Women's Prison Today! more
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A naive nineteen year old widow becomes coarsened and cynical when she is sent to a woman's prison and is exposed to hardened criminals and sadistic guards. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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1 nomination
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Great movie, underrated
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Eleanor Parker | ... | Marie Allen |
 | Agnes Moorehead | ... | Ruth Benton |
| Ellen Corby | ... | Emma Barber |
| Hope Emerson | ... | Evelyn Harper |
| Betty Garde | ... | Kitty Stark |
| Jan Sterling | ... | Smoochie |
| Lee Patrick | ... | Elvira Powell |
| Olive Deering | ... | June |
| Jane Darwell | ... | Isolation Matron |
| Gertrude Michael | ... | Georgia Harrison |
 | Sheila MacRae | ... | Helen (as Sheila Stevens) |
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96 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Originally titled 'The Big Cage', an early version of the script was intended as a Bette Davis/'Joan Crawford' vehicle.
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Revealing mistakes: When Marie Allen announces that her kitten has died, the cat opens its mouth.
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Kitty Stark:
Quit shaking the tambourine.
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Referenced in The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005)
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For reasons I cannot fathom, this film sometimes ends up on lists of the worst movies of all time; this despite Oscar nominations for Eleanor Parker and Hope Emerson. It has some of the best acting performances around, runs the gamut on "stock" characters, but well done and great black & white filming and lighting. It's terrifically engaging and one quickly gets wrapped up with the characters, some of whom are morally ambiguous and some of whom are just evil, and how they choose to cope in unbearable circumstances. It's a great movie and deserving of a lot more credit than it's gotten in the past. 10/10.