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Prison Without Bars (1938)

Prison Without Bars (1938)

Drama Crime Romance

Women Without Men! - eager for life and love - turned into snarling animals - crying for revenge against a society that called them "bad"!

Release Date: 1938, September 20
Directors: Brian Desmond Hurst
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: London Films Productions
Cast: Glynis Johns, Enid Lindsey, Margaret Yarde, Corinne Luchaire, Mary Morris, Lorraine Clewes, Phyllis Morris, Martita Hunt, Edna Best, Barry K. Barnes, Sally Wisher, Elsie Shelton

Overview:

Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her harsh manners. When Yvonne with her free-thinking ways is put in charge of the school for misbehaving girls, and asks them to tell her their complaints, they don't believe her at first. Yvonne is in love and about to marry the establishment's doctor, and it does not help that one teenage girl falls for him - and is corresponded. It's a hard life for the girls, and for the new female warden.

Keywords:

women's prison