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Prison Nurse (1938)

Prison Nurse poster
Directed by
James Cruze
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A nurse takes a job at a prison and gets caught up in the lives and troubles of the inmates. She faces difficult choices as she tries to help them.

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What happens

Prison Nurse is a 1938 American drama film directed by James Cruze and written by Earl Felton and Sidney Salkow. It is based on the 1934 novel Prison Nurse by Louis Berg. The film stars Henry Wilcoxon, Marian Marsh, Bernadene Hayes, Ben Welden, Ray Mayer and John Arledge. The film was released on March 1, 1938, by Republic Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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