Wicked (1931)

Directed by

Allan Dwan

Genre

musical film, prison film

Country

United States

Runtime

57 min

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman kills someone while trying to rescue her criminal husband. She then gives birth to a child while serving time in prison.

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What happens

Wicked, also known as Condannata in Italy and Malvada in Spain, is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Elissa Landi, Victor McLaglen, and Una Merkel. The screenplay concerns a woman who commits murder while trying to save her bandit husband and bears a child in prison. The production dates were between early June and early July 1931. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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