Convicted Woman (1940)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Nick Grinde

Writers:

Martin Mooney (story) and
Alex Gottlieb (story) ...
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Release Date:

31 January 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

WOMEN WEEP...but not for their sins...as tear gas quells female prison riots! (original poster)

Plot:

Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and, despite the...

Plot Keywords:

Inmate | Prison | Thanksgiving | Suicide | Lawyer

Cast

Rochelle Hudson	...	Betty Andrews
Frieda Inescort	...	Social Worker Mary Ellis
June Lang	...	The Duchess
Lola Lane	...	Hazel Wren
Glenn Ford	...	Jim Brent (reporter)
Iris Meredith	...	Nita Lavore
Lorna Gray	...	Frankie Mason
Esther Dale	...	Chief Matron Brackett
William Farnum	...	Commissioner McNeill
Mary Field	...	Gracie Dunn
Beatrice Blinn	...	May
June Gittelson	...	Tubby
Dorothy Appleby	...	Daisy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stanley Andrews	...	Prosecutor (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey	...	Court Clerk (uncredited)
Don Beddoe	...	Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Lynton Brent	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Willis Clare	...	Floorwalker (uncredited)
Dorothy Comingore	...	Inmate (uncredited)
Nick Copeland	...	Bus Starter (uncredited)
Helen Dickson	...	Matron (uncredited)
Evelyn Dockson	...	Matron (uncredited)
Jay Eaton	...	Floorwalker (uncredited)
Dorothy Fay	...	Frances (uncredited)
Richard Fiske	...	Hank (uncredited)
Roger Haliday	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Sibyl Harris	...	Mrs. Newley (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet	...	Department Store Manager (uncredited)
Lucie Kaye	...	Cleo (uncredited)
William Lally	...	Prison Guard (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton	...	Jack Pendy (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint	...	Judge (uncredited)
Maxine Leslie	...	Jullie (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness	...	Floorwalker (uncredited)
James Millican	...	Cop (uncredited)
Milburn Morante	...	Man on Bench (uncredited)
Blanche Payson	...	Matron (uncredited)
Ralph Peters	...	Truck Driver (uncredited)
Marie Pope	...	Martha (uncredited)
Hal Price	...	Detective (uncredited)
Claire Rochelle	...	Inmate (uncredited)
Dick Rush	...	Cop (uncredited)
Marin Sais	...	Matron (uncredited)
Walter Sande	...	Cop (uncredited)
Gene Stone	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan	...	Mugg (uncredited)
Gertrude Sutton	...	Miss Thompson (uncredited)
John Tyrrell	...	Bart (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren	...	Mailman (as Fred Warren) (uncredited)

Directed by
Nick Grinde

Writing credits
Martin Mooney		(story) and
Alex Gottlieb		(story)
Joseph Carole		(screenplay)

Produced by
Ralph Cohn	....	producer

Cinematography by
Benjamin H. Kline		(director of photography) (as Benjamin Kline)

Film Editing by
James Sweeney

Music Department
Morris Stoloff	....	musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
Ben Oakland	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Gregory Stone	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1940) (USA) (theatrical) (as Columbia Pictures Corporation)
• Columbia Pictures Proprietary (1940) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Proprietary (1940) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Proprietary (1940) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• Medal Fim Exchange (1940) (Puerto Rico) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (1940) (UK) (theatrical)

Runtime:

65 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation