Top billed cast

1. 

   Diana Dors

   Mary Price Hilton

2. 

   Yvonne Mitchell

   Matron Hilda MacFarlane

3. 

   Michael Craig

   Jim Lancaster

4. 

   Marie Ney

   Prison Governess

5. 

   Geoffrey Keen

   Prison Chaplain

6. 

   Liam Redmond

   Prison Doctor

7. 

   Olga Lindo

   Senior Matron Hill

8. 

   Joan Miller

   Matron Barker

9. 

   Marjorie Rhodes

   Matron Brandon

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-02-26

This is a super vehicle for Diana Dors as the imprisoned "Mary". We know right from the start that she gunned down "Lucy" outside her mews cottage, and that her appeal has failed. Death row looms as she sits in her cell, accompanied at all times by two prison officers, awaiting a reprieve that may, or may not, come. Whilst she waits, we wait - and we learn a little about just what drove her to commit this cold-blooded crime. You see, she fell in love with the rather weak "Jim" (Michael Craig) and when she discovered that he was in love with someone else, she struggled to cope. Always hoping th...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• death penalty
• based on novel or book
• cheating
• narration
• death row
• death sentence
• women's prison
• prison guard
• flashback
• film noir
• murder
• british noir
• cell
• death by hanging
• shooting