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Wikipedia article




'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.

Synopsis



A young progressive thinking woman becomes superintendent at a French girl's reformatory dominated by the harsh previous head. A young girl is blackmailed by her acquaintance over her love for the superintendent's fianc, but is released to join him in the end, when all is revealed.

Cast



*Suzanne Duplat - Corinne Luchaire

*Yvonne Chanel - Edna Best

*Dr George Marechal - Barry K. Barnes

*Renee - Mary Morris

*Alice - Lorraine Clewes

*Julie Picard - Sally Wisher

*Mme Appel - Martita Hunt

*Mlle Arthemise - Margaret Yarde

*Mme Remy - Elsie Shelton

*Nina - Glynis Johns

*Mlle Renard - Enid Lindsey

*Mlle Pauline - Phyllis Morris

*Mlle Dupont - Nancy Roberts

Critical reception



In 'The New York Times', Frank S. Nugent dismissed the film as "another prison picture, and while we would not want to pass too harsh a sentence upon it, neither can we fairly pretend that it is innocent": whereas, in December 1938, 'The Daily Telegraph' selected it as one of their ten best films of the year.

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