Prison Farm

Jun 17, 1938

1h 7m

★ 5.7

PRISON MORE TERRIFYING THAN DEVIL'S ISLAND

Overview

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!)

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Prison Farm Trailers

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Cast

Jean Forest

Shirley Ross

Larry Harrison

Lloyd Nolan

Dr. Roi Conrad

John Howard

Noel Haskins

J. Carrol Naish

Chiston R. Bradby

Porter Hall

Cora Waxley

Esther Dale

'Shifty' Sue

May Boley

Matron Brand

Marjorie Main

Matron Ames

Anna Q. Nilsson

Joe Easy

Robert Brister

Trixie

Mae Busch

Mailman

Edwin J. Carlie

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