The Weak and the Wicked

6.4 / 10

(11 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

88 minutes

Year:

1954

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Cast:
Glynis Johns

Jean Raymond

Diana Dors

Betty Brown

John Gregson

Dr. Michael Hale

Olive Sloane

Nellie Baden

Rachel Roberts

Pat

Crew:
J. Lee Thompson

Writer

J. Lee Thompson

Director

Joan Henry

Novel

Victor Skutezky

Producer

Gilbert Taylor

Director of Photography