Eleanor Parker in the first of three Oscar nominated performances plays Marie Allen, a niave 19 year old who goes to jail as an accessory after her husband dies in a robbery attempt. Doc drama style expose of women's prisons show how the system fails Marie and the sweet young woman leaves jail, hardened, embittered and likely to end up back there. The B plot concerns the power struggle between the abuseive prison matrion played by Hope Emerson and an idealistic wardon played by Agnes Moorehead, who tries largely in vain to make things better in what may be the best role she ever got. I found this movie to be unexpectedly strong, it is often compared favorably to the asylum expose 'The Snake Pit', though this movie is more depressing. ***1/2
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