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Prison Farm

Prison Farm (1938)

1h 7m | PG-13

⭐ 5.7 / 10

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!)

Director: Louis King

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Genre: Drama, Crime

Video: 720p

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Cast

Shirley Ross

Shirley Ross

as Jean Forest

Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan

as Larry Harrison

John Howard

John Howard

as Dr. Roi Conrad

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

as Noel Haskins

Porter Hall

Porter Hall

as Chiston R. Bradby

Esther Dale

Esther Dale

as Cora Waxley