Prisoners in Petticoats

Prisoners in Petticoats

1950 · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Crime

Joan Grey is a young pianist that falls for the good manners and nice clothes of a gang of mobsters. She is warned by Mark Hampton, an investigator, that she is associating with gangsters and she is heading for trouble. She refuses to believe him and becomes innocently involved in some robberies and killings.

Directed by Philip Ford · Written by Bradbury Foote

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