Convicted Woman

Convicted Woman
Convicted Woman
Directed by Nick Grinde
Written by Martin Mooney
Alex Gottlieb
Starring Rochelle Hudson
Frieda Inescort
June Lang
Glenn Ford
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) January 31, 1940 (USA)
Running time 65 min
Country EEUU
Language English

Convicted Woman (1940) is a Crime movie, starring Rochelle Hudson - Glenn Ford and directed by Nick Grinde

Plot

Betty Andrews (Rochelle Hudson), although innocent, is convicted of a theft of department stores and, despite the efforts of his lawyer Mary Ellis (Frieda Inescort) and a young journalist, Jim Brent (Glenn Ford), Betty is sentenced to a year in the Curtiss House of Correction. The Chief Matron correctional Brackett (Esther Dale) is very severe. Betty has the support of the prisoners "The Duchess" Frankie Mason (June Lang) and Nita Lavoro (Iris Meredith). When ten girls are allowed to go home for Thanksgiving day, promising that they have to return "The Duchess" Frankie, is angry about losing their privilege to Betty, and blames it. "The Duchess", to Betty arranges to be kidnapped and can not return to the appointed time

CAST

Actor Role
Rochelle Hudson Betty Andrews
Frieda Inescort Attorney Mary Ellis
June Lang Georgia Mason
Lola Lane Hazel Wren
Glenn Ford Jim Brent (Reporter)
Iris Meredith Nita Lavore
Lorna Gray Frankie Mason
Esther Dale Chief Matron Brackett
William Farnum Commissioner McNeill
Mary Field Gracie Dunn
Beatrice Blinn May Sorenson
June Gittelson Tubby
Dorothy Appleby Daisy

References

  • A guide to American crime films of the forties and fifties by Larry Langman, Daniel Finn



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Convicted Women Against Abuse — (CWAA) is the first inmate initiated and inmate led group in the United States prison system and is located at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino, CA. This group provides a setting for incarcerated women to share their past… …   Wikipedia

  • Missing white woman syndrome — (MWWS) or missing pretty girl syndrome is a term used by some media and social critics to describe the seemingly disproportionate degree of coverage in television, radio, newspaper and magazine reporting of a misfortune, most often a missing… …   Wikipedia

  • Battered woman defence — The battered woman defence is a legal defence representing that the person accused of an assault or murder was suffering from battered person syndrome at the material time. Because the defence is almost invariably invoked by women, it is usually… …   Wikipedia

  • Scissor Sisters (convicted killers) — For other uses, see Scissor Sisters (disambiguation). Linda and Charlotte Mulhall are sisters from Dublin, Ireland, known for having killed and dismembered the Kenyan immigrant, Farah Swaleh Noor, in March 2005. Noor was killed with a Stanley… …   Wikipedia

  • Jesus and the woman taken in adultery — Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery redirects here. For the painting by Bruegel, see Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (Bruegel). Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Guercino, 1621 (Dulwich Picture Gallery). The Pericope Adulterae …   Wikipedia

  • Marked Woman — theatrical poster Directed by Lloyd Bacon Michael Curtiz (uncredited) …   Wikipedia

  • The Woman King — Infobox Television episode Title = The Woman King Caption = Mrs. King Series = Battlestar Galactica Season = 3 Episode = 14 Airdate = February 11, 2007 Production = 314 Writer = Michael Angeli Director = Michael Rymer Guests = Bruce Davison… …   Wikipedia

  • Lindow Woman — is the name given to the partial remains of a female bog body, discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss, near Wilmslow, northwest England, on 13 May 1983 by commercial peat cutters. The remains were a skull fragment, with soft tissue and hair… …   Wikipedia

  • Common scold — Punishing a common scold in the dunking stool In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a species of public nuisance a troublesome and angry woman who broke the public peace by habitually arguing and quarreling with her… …   Wikipedia

  • Lane Sisters — The Lane Sisters were four female siblings who first achieved success in the 1930s as a singing act, with their popularity leading to a series of successful films. TOC Early lifeThe four sisters were from a family of five. Leotabel (Leota) (25… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”