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Prison Farm

Prison Farm

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 17, 1938

Runtime

1h 7m

Genres

Drama, Crime

User Score

57%

Original Title

Prison Farm

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

Louis King

Description

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!)