Weak and the Wicked (The)
Glynis Johns, Diana Dors and Sybil Thorndike star in this powerful, sympathetic drama tracing the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
Based on the best-selling semi-autobiographical novel by Joan Henry – a writer and former debutante who further drew upon her own prison experience for the novel and classic film Yield to the Night – The Weak and the Wicked is directed by Henry's future husband, Oscar-nominated J. Lee Thompson. The film is featured here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
Jean Raymond, an upper-class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
[] Original theatrical trailers
[] Image gallery
[] Promotional material PDF
- Reference
- 7954351
- Year
- 1954
- Director
- J. Lee-Thompson
- Actor
- Sybil Thorndike
- Media
- Film
- Format
- DVD
- Label
- The British Film
- Genre
- Drama
- Barcode
- 5027626435141
- Classification
- PG
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Picture
- 1.33:1 / Black and White
- Sound
- Mono / English
- Subtitles
- None
- Region
- 2 / PAL
- Time
- 84 mins approx
- Reference
- 7954351
- Year
- 1954
- Director
- J. Lee-Thompson
- Actor
- Sybil Thorndike
- Media
- Film
- Format
- DVD
- Label
- The British Film
- Genre
- Drama
- Barcode
- 5027626435141
- Classification
- PG
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Picture
- 1.33:1 / Black and White
- Sound
- Mono / English
- Subtitles
- None
- Region
- 2 / PAL
- Time
- 84 mins approx