Convicted Woman
{{short description|1940 film by Nick Grinde}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Convicted Woman
| image =
| caption =
| director = Nick Grinde
| producer = Ralph Cohn
| screenplay = Joseph Carole
| story = Martin Mooney
Alex Gottlieb
| music =
| cinematography = Benjamin Kline
| editing = James Sweeney
| starring = Rochelle Hudson
Frieda Inescort
June Lang
Lola Lane
Glenn Ford
Iris Meredith
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1940|01|31|U.S.}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Convicted Woman is a 1940 crime film starring Rochelle Hudson and directed by Nick Grinde. It is also known as Dames and Daughters of Today.
Plot
{{no plot|date=November 2022}} 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 of a reporter, Jim Brent, 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 correction center. Although initially reluctant to trust the new leader, Betty eventually warms to her. When ten girls are allowed to go home for Thanksgiving under the promise of returning by eleven P.M., Frankie and "The Duchess", having lost the power and privilege they enjoyed under 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 soon finds Betty a prisoner at a deserted roadhouse. Jim rescues Betty and returns her to the correction center, a little late but, as it turns out, just in time for her to be handed a pardon by Mary Ellis.
Cast
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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 |
Donna Reed | convict (uncredited) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0032358}}
- {{TCMDb title|27431}}
- {{AFI film|5418}}
{{Nick Grinde}}
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:Women in prison films
Category:Films directed by Nick Grinde
Category:English-language crime films
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