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The Weak and the Wicked

The Weak and the Wicked

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The Weak and the Wicked

"The sensational naked shame expose of women's prisons!"

1954

1h 28m

6.5(12 votes)

Drama

Overview

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns

Jean Raymond

Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Betty Brown

John Gregson

John Gregson

Dr. Michael Hale

Olive Sloane

Nellie Baden

Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts

Pat

Jane Hylton

Jane Hylton

Babs Peters

Athene Seyler

Athene Seyler

Millie Williams

Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike

Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend

Sidney James

Sidney James

Syd Baden

Eliot Makeham

Eliot Makeham

Grandad Baden

Creative team

Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Written by: J. Lee Thompson
Anne Burnaby
Produced by: Victor Skutezky

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