The Weak and the Wicked

The Weak and the Wicked

The sensational naked shame expose of women's prisons!

NR 1954 · 88 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

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.

Directed by J. Lee Thompson · Written by J. Lee Thompson

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Glynis Johns Jean Raymond
Diana Dors Betty Brown
John Gregson Dr. Michael Hale
Olive Sloane Nellie Baden
Rachel Roberts Pat
Jane Hylton Babs Peters
Athene Seyler Millie Williams
Sybil Thorndike Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
Sidney James Syd Baden
Eliot Makeham Grandad Baden
Anthony Newley Bob Baden
Simone Silva Tina

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