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Prison Farm (1938)
Directed by Louis King
“PRISON MORE TERRIFYING THAN DEVIL'S ISLAND”
Drama, Crime · 1h 07m
Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to six months on a prison farm populated by both men and women (segregated, of course). Ross is also incarcerated, suffering the cruelties of the sadistic male and female guards (including J. Carroll Naish and future "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main!)
Cast
Shirley Ross
Jean Forest
Lloyd Nolan
Larry Harrison
John Howard
Dr. Roi Conrad
J. Carrol Naish
Noel Haskins
Porter Hall
Chiston R. Bradby
Esther Dale
Cora Waxley
May Boley
'Shifty' Sue
Marjorie Main
Matron Brand
Anna Q. Nilsson
Matron Ames
R
Robert Brister
Joe Easy
Mae Busch
Trixie
E
Edwin J. Carlie
Mailman
Crew
- Director
- Louis King
- Screenplay
- Robert Yost, Eddie Welch, Stuart Anthony
Details
- Release date
- 1938-06-17
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures