Prison Without Bars (1938)
- Directed by
- Brian Desmond Hurst
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, romance film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman arrives at a reform school for girls. The staff and inmates clash over discipline and justice.
tensedramaticseriousrestrainedsomberurgentemotionalmelodramatic
What happens
Prison Without Bars is a 1938 British black-and-white crime film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best and Barry K. Barnes. It is set in a girl's reform school, and was based on a play by Gina Kaus, previously filmed in France as Prison sans Barreaux (1938). Corinne Luchaire starred in both versions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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