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Girls in Chains
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Wikipedia article
'Girls in Chains' is a 1943 American women in prison film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Arline Judge.
Plot
Johnny Moon is a mob boss who controls everything from politicians to a profitable women's penitentiary he runs. He has ruined many lives, including that of Helen Martin, a teacher, and her sister Jean.
A political reformer, Frank Donovan, is able to persuade Helen to go undercover behind bars, posing as an inmate, to unearth evidence that will prove Moon's abuse of the incarcerated women. She ultimately succeeds, but not before placing her life in grave danger.
Cast
*Arline Judge as Helen Martin
*Roger Clark as Frank Donovan
*Robin Raymond as Rita Randall
*Barbara Pepper as Ruth
*Dorothy Burgess as Mrs. Peters
*Clancy Cooper as Marcus
*Addison Randall as Johnny Moon
*Patricia Knox as Jean Moon
*Sid Melton as Pinkhead
*Russell Gaige as Dalvers
*Emmett Lynn as Lionel Cleeter
*Richard Clarke as Tom Havershield
*Betty Blythe as Mrs. Grey
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