The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
Jean Raymond 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. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
- Released
- 1954-02-02
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- J. Lee Thompson
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 13 votes
Cast
- Glynis Johns as Jean Raymond
- Diana Dors as Betty Brown
- John Gregson as Dr. Michael Hale
- Olive Sloane as Nellie Baden
- Rachel Roberts as Pat
- Jane Hylton as Babs Peters
- Athene Seyler as Millie Williams
- Sybil Thorndike as Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
- Sidney James as Syd Baden
- Eliot Makeham as Grandad Baden
- Anthony Newley as Bob Baden
- Simone Silva as Tina