Prison Without Bars

Prison Without Bars

77 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | Sept. 20, 1938

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.

Prison Without Bars

77 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | Sept. 20, 1938

Prison Without Bars
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.
Producers London Film Productions
Original title Prison Without Bars
Directors Brian Desmond Hurst
Writers Margaret Kennedy, Arthur Wimperis

Cast

Corinne Luchaire

as Suzanne

Edna Best

as Yvonne Chanel

Barry K. Barnes

as Dr. Georges Marechal

Mary Morris

as Renee

Lorraine Clewes

as Alice

Sally Wisher

as Julie

Martita Hunt

as Mme. Appel

Margaret Yarde

as Mlle. Artemise

Elsie Shelton

as Mme. Remy

Glynis Johns

as Nina

Phyllis Morris

as Mlle. Pauline

Enid Lindsey

as Mlle. Renard