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Condemned Women: Directed by Lew Landers. With Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward, Anne Shirley, Esther Dale. Shoplifter Linda Wilson doesn't care much for life inside or outside jail until she starts a relationship with prison psychiatrist Philip Duncan.
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- Drama
- Lew Landers
- 1938-03-18
Sep 15, 2011 · The climactic prison riot from the delightfully over-the-top women-in-prison film "Condemned Women," starring Anne Shirley and Sally Eilers.
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- TheRealAnneShirley
Condemned Women is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Lionel Houser. The film stars Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward, Anne Shirley, Esther Dale and Lee Patrick. The film was released on March 18, 1938.
Condemned Women was written by Lionel Houser, a former newspaper reporter who based his tale on actual events. He had covered numerous prison riots, including the Folsom Thanksgiving Day riot of 1927, and he had written journalistically on the conditions of women's prisons.
- Lew Landers, Sammy Ruman
- Sally Eilers
Directed by Lew Landers. A sensational drama of girls in prison. A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women’s prison. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
- Lew Landers
- RKO Radio Pictures
Condemned Women. Summaries. Shoplifter Linda Wilson doesn't care much for life inside or outside jail until she starts a relationship with prison psychiatrist Philip Duncan. When the Warden asks her to break off the affair rather than jeopodise Duncan's career as husband of a felon she reacts by joining a jail-break that turns into a riot.
A prison psychologist (Louis Hayward) takes the case of a wronged woman inmate (Sally Eilers) whom he meets by the furnace.
- Drama
