Prison Without Bars

Prison Without Bars

Women Without Men! - eager for life and love - turned into snarling animals - crying for revenge against a society that called them "bad"!

1938 · 77 min · ★ 7.5 · Crime, Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst · Written by Arthur Wimperis

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Corinne Luchaire Suzanne
Edna Best Yvonne Chanel
Barry K. Barnes Dr. Georges Marechal
Mary Morris Renee
Lorraine Clewes Alice
Sally Wisher Julie
Martita Hunt Mme. Appel
Margaret Yarde Mlle. Artemise
Elsie Shelton Mme. Remy
Glynis Johns Nina
Phyllis Morris Mlle. Pauline
Enid Lindsey Mlle. Renard

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