Prison Farm

5.7

67 minutes

6/17/1938

Overview

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 List

Shirley Ross
as Jean Forest
Lloyd Nolan
as Larry Harrison
John Howard
as Dr. Roi Conrad
J. Carrol Naish
as Noel Haskins
Porter Hall
as Chiston R. Bradby
Esther Dale
as Cora Waxley
May Boley
as 'Shifty' Sue
Marjorie Main
as Matron Brand
Anna Q. Nilsson
as Matron Ames
Robert Brister
as Joe Easy
Mae Busch
as Trixie
Edwin J. Carlie
as Mailman
Jimmy Conlin
as Dave, the Grocer
Virginia Dabney
as Prisoner Maisie
Dick Elliott
as The Glenby Judge
Ethyl May Halls
as Matron
Carl Harbaugh
as Guard
William Holden
as Prisoner
John Hubbard
as Guard
Betty Mack
as Prisoner
Howard M. Mitchell
as Guard
Blanche Rose
as Laundry Trustee
Bosy Roth
as Waitress
Vera Steadman
as Bit Role
Archie Twitchell
as Telegraph Operator
Phil Warren
as Injured Prisoner
Ruth Warren
as Prisoner Josie
Pat West
as Station Agent
Cecil Weston
as Matron
Gloria Williams
as Bit Role
Charles C. Wilson
as Reardon
Diane Wood
as Prisoner Dolly
John Hart
as 'Texas' Jack