
The Story of a Women's Prison today
Trailer
Cast

Eleanor Parker
Marie Allen

Agnes Moorehead
Ruth Benton

Ellen Corby
Emma Barber

Hope Emerson
Evelyn Harper

Betty Garde
Kitty Stark

Jan Sterling
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky

Lee Patrick
Elvira Powell

Olive Deering
June Roberts

Jane Darwell
Isolation Matron

Gertrude Michael
Georgia Harrison

Sheila MacRae
Helen

Gertrude Astor
Inmate (uncredited)

George Baxter
Jeffries (uncredited)
Guy Beach
Mr. Cooper (uncredited)

Don Beddoe
Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)

Gail Bonney
Inmate (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Inmate (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Man in a Car (uncredited)

Jean Calhoun
Inmate (uncredited)
Claudia Cauldwell
Inmate (uncredited)
Pauline Creasman
Inmate (uncredited)
Marjorie Crossland
Katie "Cassie" Cassidy (uncredited)
Jane Crowley
Matron (uncredited)
Evelyn Dockson
Matron (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Doctor's Wife (uncredited)

Marlo Dwyer
Julie O'Brien (uncredited)

Helen Eby-Rock
Inmate (uncredited)
Virginia Engels
Inmate (uncredited)
Barbara Esback
Matron (uncredited)

Edith Evanson
Miss Barker (uncredited)
Helen Gereghty
Inmate (uncredited)

Grayce Hampton
Woman (uncredited)

Grace Hayes
Mugging Matron (uncredited)
Frances Henderson
Woman (uncredited)

Gertrude Hoffmann
Millie Lewis (uncredited)

Taylor Holmes
Sen. Ted Donnolly (uncredited)

Esther Howard
Grace (uncredited)
Bill Hunter
Guard (uncredited)

Hazel Keener
Matron (uncredited)
Doris Kemper
Inmate (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
Inmate (uncredited)
Margaret Lambert
Inmate (uncredited)
Gracille LaVinder
Visiting Room Matron (uncredited)
Marie Melesh
Inmate (uncredited)
Tina Menard
Inmate (uncredited)

Charles Meredith
Parole Board Chairman (uncredited)

Joan Miller
Claire Devlin (uncredited)

Frances Morris
Mrs. Foley (uncredited)

Helen Mowery
Woman (uncredited)

Zon Murray
Prison Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Eva Nelson
Inmate (uncredited)
Joyce Newhard
Inmate (uncredited)
Rosemary O'Neil
Inmate (uncredited)

Ezelle Poule
Inmate (uncredited)
Yvonne Rob
Elaine (uncredited)
Naomi Robison
Hattie (uncredited)
Carole Shannon
Inmate (uncredited)
Lynn Sherman
Ann (uncredited)

Queenie Smith
Marie's Mother (uncredited)
Helen Spring
Woman (uncredited)
Eileen Stevens
Infirmary Nurse (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland
Inmate (uncredited)
Sheila Stuart
Velma Washington (uncredited)

Nita Talbot
Inmate (uncredited)
Wanda Tynan
Meta (uncredited)

Ann Tyrrell
Edna (uncredited)
Gladys Varden
Inmate (uncredited)
Glen Walters
Inmate (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
Dr. Ashton (uncredited)
June Whipple
Ada (uncredited)
Doris Whitney
Woman Visitor (uncredited)

Marjorie Wood
Matron (uncredited)

Peggy Wynne
Lottie (uncredited)
Crew

John Cromwell
Director
Frank Mattison
Assistant Director
Jean Baker
Script Supervisor
Virginia Kellogg
Writer
Bernard C. Schoenfeld
Writer

Jerry Wald
Producer
Carl E. Guthrie
Director of Photography
Louis Jennings
Camera Operator
Herschel Brown
Grip
Doris Whitney
Technical Advisor
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Murray Cutter
Orchestrator
Details
- Release date
- May 19, 1950
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Director
- John Cromwell
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