Prison Farm (1938)
1h 7m
Running Time
June 17, 1938Release Date
Prison Farm (1938)
1h 7m
Running Time
June 17, 1938Release Date
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Plot.
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!)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Shirley Ross
Jean Forest
Lloyd Nolan
Larry Harrison
John Howard
Dr. Roi Conrad
Porter Hall
Chiston R. Bradby
J. Carrol Naish
Noel Haskins
Esther Dale
Cora Waxley
Louis King
Director
May Boley
'Shifty' Sue
Edwin V. Westrate
Writer
Marjorie Main
Matron Brand
Eddie Welch
Writer
Anna Q. Nilsson
Matron Ames
Robert Yost
Writer
Robert Brister
Joe Easy
Stuart Anthony
Writer
William R. Lipman
Writer
Mae Busch
Trixie
Edwin J. Carlie
Mailman
Jimmy Conlin
Dave, the Grocer
Virginia Dabney
Prisoner Maisie
Dick Elliott
The Glenby Judge
Ethyl May Halls
Matron
Carl Harbaugh
Guard
William Holden
Prisoner
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Wiki.
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.