The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
1h 28m
Running Time
February 2, 1954Release Date
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
1h 28m
Running Time
February 2, 1954Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Glynis Johns
Jean Raymond
Diana Dors
Betty Brown
John Gregson
Dr. Michael Hale
Olive Sloane
Nellie Baden, inmate
Rachel Roberts
Pat
J. Lee Thompson
Director
Jane Hylton
Babs Peters
Joan Henry
Writer
Athene Seyler
Millie Williams
Anne Burnaby
Writer
Sybil Thorndike
Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
Victor Skutezky
Producer
Sid James
Syd Baden
Eliot Makeham
Grandad Baden
Leighton Lucas
Composer
Anthony Newley
Bob Baden
Gilbert Taylor
Cinematographer
Simone Silva
Tina
Ursula Howells
Pam Vickers
Jean Taylor Smith
Prison Governor (Grange)
Cecil Trouncer
Presiding Judge
Edwin Styles
Seymour
Joan Haythorne
Prison Governor (Blackdown)
Joyce Heron
Prison Matron Arnold
Anthony Nicholls
Prison Chaplain
Josephine Stuart
Andy
Paul Carpenter
Joe, Bab's boyfriend
A.E. Matthews
Harry Wicks, Mabel's beau
Barbara Couper
Prison Doctor
Mary Merrall
Mrs Skinner
Marjorie Rhodes
Suzie
Josephine Griffin
Miriam
Thea Gregory
Nancy
Tom Gill
Shop Assistant
Herbert C. Walton
'Blue Eyes', the gardener
Irene Handl
Waitress
Sandra Dorne
Stella
Bessie Love
Prisoner
Marjorie Stewart
Prisoner
Hannah Watt
Prison Matron
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Wiki.
The Weak and the Wicked (called Young and Willing in the United States) is a 1954 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson based on the autobiographical novel Who Lie in Gaol by his wife, Joan Henry, starring Glynis Johns and Diana Dors.
Based on a best-selling book and prison experiences of author Joan Henry, director J. Lee Thompson's prison saga explores the life of inmates behind bars where innocence is lost in the world of vice. Despite its pulpy pot-boiler title, the film settles for earnest social drama over melodrama.