Prison Farm

Prison Farm

67 mins | Drama, Crime | June 17, 1938

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!)

Prison Farm

67 mins | Drama, Crime | June 17, 1938

Prison Farm
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!)
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Paramount
Original title Prison Farm
Directors Louis King
Writers Eddie Welch, Stuart Anthony, Robert Yost, Edwin V. Westrate

Cast

Shirley Ross

as Jean Forest

Lloyd Nolan

as Larry Harrison

John Howard

as Dr. Roi Conrad

J. Carrol Naish

as Noel Haskins

Porter Hall

as Chiston R. Bradby

Esther Dale

as Cora Waxley

May Boley

as 'Shifty' Sue

Marjorie Main

as Matron Brand

Anna Q. Nilsson

as Matron Ames

Robert Brister

as Joe Easy

Mae Busch

as Trixie

Edwin J. Carlie

as Mailman

Jimmy Conlin

as Dave, the Grocer

Virginia Dabney

as Prisoner Maisie

Dick Elliott

as The Glenby Judge

Ethyl May Halls

as Matron

Carl Harbaugh

as Guard

William Holden

as Prisoner

John Hubbard

as Guard

Betty Mack

as Prisoner

Blanche Rose

as Laundry Trustee

Bosy Roth

as Waitress

Vera Steadman

as Bit Role

Archie Twitchell

as Telegraph Operator

Phil Warren

as Injured Prisoner

Ruth Warren

as Prisoner Josie

Pat West

as Station Agent

Cecil Weston

as Matron

Gloria Williams

as Bit Role

Charles C. Wilson

as Reardon

Diane Wood

as Prisoner Dolly

John Hart

as 'Texas' Jack