Overview
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
Fun facts
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Nominations
4 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (1951)
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Music
Music by Max Steiner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Carl E. Guthrie
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Virginia KelloggWriter
- Bernard C. SchoenfeldWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 19, 1950
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Eleanor ParkerMarie Allen
Agnes MooreheadRuth Benton
Ellen CorbyEmma Barber
Hope EmersonEvelyn Harper
Betty GardeKitty Stark
Jan SterlingGita "Smoochie" Kovsky
Lee PatrickElvira Powell
Olive DeeringJune Roberts
Jane DarwellIsolation Matron
Gertrude MichaelGeorgia Harrison
Sheila MacRaeHelen
Gertrude AstorInmate (uncredited)
George BaxterJeffries (uncredited)- Guy BeachMr. Cooper (uncredited)
Don BeddoeCommissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
Gail BonneyInmate (uncredited)- Lovyss BradleyInmate (uncredited)
- Ralph BrooksMan in a Car (uncredited)
Jean CalhounInmate (uncredited)- Claudia CauldwellInmate (uncredited)
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