Prison Farm (1938)
PRISON MORE TERRIFYING THAN DEVIL'S ISLAND
67 min
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!)
- Release date
- June 17, 1938
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Shirley Ross as Jean Forest
- Lloyd Nolan as Larry Harrison
- John Howard as Dr. Roi Conrad
- J. Carrol Naish as Noel Haskins
- Porter Hall as Chiston R. Bradby
- Esther Dale as Cora Waxley
- May Boley as 'Shifty' Sue
- Marjorie Main as Matron Brand
- Anna Q. Nilsson as Matron Ames
- John Hart as 'Texas' Jack
Crew
- Louis King · Director
- Edwin V. Westrate · Writer
- Eddie Welch · Writer
- Robert Yost · Writer
- Stuart Anthony · Writer
- Harry Fischbeck · Cinematographer
- Edward Dmytryk · Editor