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Director:
Writers:
Virginia Kellogg (screenplay)
Virginia Kellogg (story)
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Release Date:
19 May 1950 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The Story of a Women's Prison Today! more
Plot:
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
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
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Still A Stunner more (34 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Eleanor Parker was required to have her blonde hair buzzed off to the scalp for her role as a female convict. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Marie Allen announces that her kitten has died, the cat opens its mouth. more
Quotes:
Evelyn Harper: Home sweet home! Just like the big cage in the zoo - only you clean it up instead of the keeper. Bucket and brush is in the corner closet.
Marie Allen: Mrs. Benton said I was going to work in the laundry.
Evelyn Harper: I'm the boss here! Start scrubbin'!
Marie Allen: But Mrs. Benton told me...
Marie Allen: [she sees another inmate signaling her not to talk back] Where do I begin, Mrs. Harper?
Evelyn Harper: Now you're gettin' hip.
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17 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Still A Stunner, 2 August 2001
Author: subcityii from Noth Hollywood, CA

I saw this movie in Hollywood as part of the annual film noir festival at the American Cinematheque. This film has lost none of its ability to move an audience. Not only is it a good prison drama, but it is a good example of film noir moviemaking as well.

It was a bit of daring to show how corrupt the prison system can be and "inmates decaying" as one character put it.The lead character (Eleanor Parker) goes from being an innocent to becoming as hard as anyone else in the prison system due to the efforts of her matron and chief tormentor (Hope Emerson). It is because of this transformation that the film goes from being a routine prison drama to a first-rate noir thriller.

Jan Sterling, who plays "Smoochie" in the film, was at the screening and spoke afterward. She said director John Cromwell (father of character actor James Cromwell) did a great job of making you feel like you were in prison. She said by the end of the shoot, the performers felt like they were really confined. Parker, Emerson and the script by Virginia Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld were nominated for Oscars.

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