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68% Critic Match
Prison Farm
“PRISON MORE TERRIFYING THAN DEVIL'S ISLAND”
6.8 / 10• 1938• 1h 7m•NR• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
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!)
Cast & Crew
Shirley Ross
Jean Forest
Lead
Lloyd Nolan
Larry Harrison
John Howard
Dr. Roi Conrad
J. Carrol Naish
Noel Haskins
Porter Hall
Chiston R. Bradby
Esther Dale
Cora Waxley
May Boley
'Shifty' Sue
Marjorie Main
Matron Brand
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Louis King's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Prison Farm is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
