The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama · Crime
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Film / 1938
Prison Farm
Directed by
Louis King
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!)
The story
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
Shirley RossJean Forest
Lloyd NolanLarry Harrison
John HowardDr. Roi Conrad
J. Carrol NaishNoel Haskins
Porter HallChiston R. Bradby
Esther DaleCora Waxley
May Boley'Shifty' Sue
Marjorie MainMatron Brand
Anna Q. NilssonMatron Ames
Robert BristerJoe Easy
Mae BuschTrixie
Edwin J. CarlieMailman
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Jimmy ConlinDave, the Grocer
Virginia DabneyPrisoner Maisie
Dick ElliottThe Glenby Judge
Ethyl May HallsMatron
Carl HarbaughGuard
William HoldenPrisoner
John HubbardGuard
Betty MackPrisoner
Howard M. MitchellGuard
Blanche RoseLaundry Trustee
Bosy RothWaitress
Vera SteadmanBit Role
Archie TwitchellTelegraph Operator
Phil WarrenInjured Prisoner
Ruth WarrenPrisoner Josie
Pat WestStation Agent
Cecil WestonMatron
Gloria WilliamsBit Role
Charles Cahill WilsonReardon
Diane WoodPrisoner Dolly
John Hart'Texas' Jack
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