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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.
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1 nomination
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Still A Stunner
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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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Eleanor Parker was required to have her blonde hair buzzed off to the scalp for her role as a female convict.
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Revealing mistakes: When Marie Allen announces that her kitten has died, the cat opens its mouth.
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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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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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Referenced in The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005)
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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.