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United States. Language. English. Prison Farm is a 1938 American crime film directed by Louis King, and written by Eddie Welch, Robert Yost and Stuart Anthony. It stars Shirley Ross, Lloyd Nolan, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish, Porter Hall, Esther Dale and May Boley. It was William Holden ’s film debut. The film was released on June 17, 1938.
Prison Farm: Directed by Louis King. With Shirley Ross, Lloyd Nolan, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish. A young woman falls in love with with an armed robber. She gets arrested while visiting him in prison, and winds up in prison herself.
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- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Louis King
- 1938-06-17
Released June 17th, 1938, 'Prison Farm' stars Shirley Ross, Lloyd Nolan, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 7 min, and received a user score of 57 (out of 100 ...
Jean and her prison mates reach the end of their endurance when they are assigned unduly long hours in the laundry. The prisoners revolt, but one of the trustees turns the steam on in the room. Shifty Sue dies as a result of this mistreatment, and Dr. Roi Conrad, the sympathetic prison doctor, advises Jean to call on a trusted friend to help ...
- Louis King, Mel Epstein
- Shirley Ross
Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to six months on a prison farm populated by both men and women (segregated, of course). Ross is also incarcerated, suffering the cruelties of the sadistic male and female guards (including J. Carroll Naish and future "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main!)
- Louis King
- Paramount
Prison Farm plot "PRISON MORE TERRIFYING THAN DEVIL'S ISLAND" Despite the advice of her friends and against her better judgement, the working class girl Jean Forest hangs out with petty criminal Larry Harrison. Jean constantly helps him out of predicaments and she even gets some of the stolen money from him.
The male crook is sentence to six months on a prison farm populated by both men and women (segregated, of course). Ross is also incarcerated, suffering the cruelties of the sadistic male and female guards (including J. Carroll Naish and future "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main!)
