Movie

Prison Farm

Released: June 17, 1938 (1938)

Runtime: 67 minutes

Genres: Drama, Crime

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!)

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

May Boley as 'Shifty' Sue
Age at release: 57
Esther Dale as Cora Waxley
Age at release: 52
Anna Q. Nilsson as Matron Ames
Age at release: 50
Porter Hall as Chiston R. Bradby
Age at release: 49
Marjorie Main as Matron Brand
Age at release: 48
J. Carrol Naish as Noel Haskins
Age at release: 42
Lloyd Nolan as Larry Harrison
Age at release: 35
Shirley Ross as Jean Forest
Age at release: 25
John Howard as Dr. Roi Conrad
Age at release: 25
Robert Brister as Joe Easy
Age at release: Unknown

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Blanche Rose as Laundry Trustee
Age at release: 57
Ethyl May Halls as Matron
Age at release: 55
Howard M. Mitchell as Guard
Age at release: 54
Jimmy Conlin as Dave, the Grocer
Age at release: 53
Dick Elliott as The Glenby Judge
Age at release: 52
Carl Harbaugh as Guard
Age at release: 51
Pat West as Station Agent
Age at release: 50
Cecil Weston as Matron
Age at release: 48
Mae Busch as Trixie
Age at release: 47
Vera Steadman as Bit Role
Age at release: 37
Ruth Warren as Prisoner Josie
Age at release: 37
Betty Mack as Prisoner
Age at release: 36
Archie Twitchell as Telegraph Operator
Age at release: 31
John Hubbard as Guard
Age at release: 24
William Holden as Prisoner
Age at release: 20
Edwin J. Carlie as Mailman
Age at release: Unknown
Virginia Dabney as Prisoner Maisie
Age at release: Unknown
Bosy Roth as Waitress
Age at release: Unknown
Phil Warren as Injured Prisoner
Age at release: Unknown
Gloria Williams as Bit Role
Age at release: Unknown