Prison Farm (film)

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Prison Farm
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Louis King
Screenplay by	Eddie Welch Robert Yost Stuart Anthony
Story by	Edwin V. Westrate
Produced by	William LeBaron
Starring	Shirley Ross Lloyd Nolan John Howard J. Carrol Naish Porter Hall Esther Dale May Boley
Cinematography	Harry Fischbeck
Edited by	Edward Dmytryk
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 17, 1938 (1938-06-17)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Prison Farm is a 1938 American crime film directed by Louis King, and written by Eddie Welch, Robert Yost and Stuart Anthony. It stars Shirley Ross, Lloyd Nolan, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish, Porter Hall, Esther Dale and May Boley. It was William Holden’s film debut. The film was released on June 17, 1938.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Jean Forest gets in a relationship with criminal Larry Harrison, even though she is advised not to, he wants to elope to Canada and Jean gives up her job to go with him. On the way they are arrested for a small crime and Harrison pleads guilty in hope of going to a local farm prison, but it turns out to be a brutal penal colony.

Cast

Shirley Ross as Jean Forest
Lloyd Nolan as Larry Harrison
John Howard as Dr. Roi Conrad
J. Carrol Naish as Noel Haskins
Porter Hall as Chiston R. Bradby
Esther Dale as Cora Waxley
May Boley as "Shifty" Sue
Marjorie Main as Matron Brand
Anna Q. Nilsson as Matron Ames
John Hart as "Texas" Jack
William Holden as Prisoner (uncredited)

References

^ "Prison Farm (1938) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
^ Hal Erickson (2015). "Prison-Farm - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-20.

External links

Prison Farm at IMDb

Films directed by Louis King

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The Law Rustlers (1923)
Spawn of the Desert (1923)
The Slingshot Kid (1927)
The Boy Rider (1927)
Rough Ridin' Red (1928)
Terror Mountain (1928)
The Fightin' Redhead (1928)
Orphan of the Sage (1928)
The Little Buckaroo (1928)
Young Whirlwind (1928)
The Pinto Kid (1928)
The Bantam Cowboy (1928)
The Freckled Rascal (1929)
The Vagabond Cub (1929)
The Lone Rider (1930)
The Fighting Sheriff (1931)
Desert Vengeance (1931)
The County Fair (1932)
Drifting Souls (1932)
The Arm of the Law (1932)
Robbers' Roost (1932)
Life in the Raw (1933)
Murder in Trinidad (1934)
Pursued (1934)
Bachelor of Arts (1934)
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
Special Investigator (1936)
Bengal Tiger (1936)
That Man's Here Again (1937)
Melody for Two (1937)
Draegerman Courage (1937)
Wild Money (1937)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
Tip-Off Girls (1938)
Hunted Men (1938)
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Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
Persons in Hiding (1939)
Undercover Doctor (1939)
Seventeen (1940)
Typhoon (1940)
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
Moon Over Burma (1940)
Young America (1942)
Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
Ladies of Washington (1944)
Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945)
Smoky (1946)
Thunder in the Valley (1947)
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Sand (1949)
Mrs. Mike (1949)
Frenchie (1950)
The Lion and the Horse (1952)
Powder River (1953)
Sabre Jet (1953)
Dangerous Mission (1954)
Massacre (1956)

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