Women Without Men

Women Without Men

1956 · 71 min · ★ 7.5 · Romance, Drama

In love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl Angela Booth tries to quit her seamy job and become a model citizen. When her employer refuses to dissolve her contract, though, they quarrel and she accidentally hits him. He presses charges, claiming she hit him deliberately, and she is convicted and sent to prison. As her fiance is at sea and out of contact, she is terrified he will think she has jilted him when she does not keep a New Year's date. A kindly old convict, Gran', notorious as a prison-breaker, agrees to engineer an escape for Angela...

Directed by Elmo Williams · Written by Val Guest

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Beverly Michaels Angela Booth
Joan Rice Cleo Thompson
Thora Hird Gran' Rafferty
Avril Angers Bessie Brown
Paul Carpenter Nick Randall
Hermione Baddeley Grace
Bill Shine Reveller
Gordon Jackson Percy
Valerie White Prison Governor
Eugene Deckers Pierre
April Olrich Marguerite
Ralph Michael Julian Lord

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