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Convicted Woman

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Original title

Convicted Woman

Year

1940

Running time

65 min.

Country

United States

Director

Nick Grinde

Screenwriter

Joseph Carole. Story: Martin Mooney, Alex Gottlieb

Cast

Music

Morris Stoloff, Ben Oakland, Gregory Stone, Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematography

Benjamin H. Kline (B&W)

Producer

Columbia Pictures. Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Genre

Action. Drama. Romance | Crime. 1930s. Melodrama. B Movie. Prison Drama

Movie Groups

Alex Gottlieb Adaptations

Synopsis

Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and, despite the best efforts of her lawyer and noted social worker Mary Ellis and a reporter, Jim Brent on her behalf, is sentenced to a year in the Curtiss House of Correction. Chief Matron Brackett rules with an iron hand with the aid of inmates Frankie Mason, "The Duchess" and Nita Lavore. One of the inmates commits suicide and a subsequent story by Jim on the prison conditions leads to Mary Ellis being made the supervisor of the prison. When ten girls are allowed to go home for Thanksgiving under the promise of returning by eleven p.m., Frankie and "The Duchess", angry over losing the privileges given them by the departed Matron Brackett, arrange to have Betty kidnapped so she can not return at the appointed time. Another of the girls telephones Jim and he finds Betty a prisoner at a deserted roadhouse...

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Convicted Woman

1940

Nick Grinde