The Weak and the Wicked (1954) DVD B&W Shown in original aspect ratio Approx. 81 min. Playable in North America (the US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Beautiful print (brand new restoration) with optional English subtitles.
Starring: Glynis Johns, Diana Dors, John Gregson, Olive Sloane, Rachel Roberts, Jane Hylton, Athene Seyler, Bessie Love and Sybil Thorndike. Written by Anne Burnaby, J. Lee Thompson and Joan Henry, based on “Who Lie in Gaol” by Joan Henry. Directed by J. Lee Thompson.
Jean Raymond (Glynis Johns), 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 (including Diana Dors as the jilted Betty Brown). This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
Based on the best-selling, semi-autobiographical novel by Joan Henry - "Who Lie in Gaol" - a writer and former debutante who drew upon her own prison experience.