Girls of the Big House

The well-bred daughter of a college professor assumes the name of Jeanne Crail to date Earl Williams, a slick con-artist who frames her for robbery. Rather than have her father find out about her plight, Jeanne confesses to the crime. Believing she is covering for a known criminal, the district attorney has Jeanne sent to a tough women's prison. There Jeanne comes to know fellow inmates Bernice, who pines for Smiley, her boyfriend on the outside and Alma Vlasek, who awaits her execution for mistakenly killing a detective while lying in wait for her husband and his girl friend. Jeanne tries to mail a letter to her father through the prison doctor, Gale Warren, but Warren refuses to go against regulations. Desperate, Jeanne breaks out of jail to be present at her father's induction ceremony as college president. Jeanne spends two days with her father and attorney boyfriend Barton Sturgis before secretly returning to prison. Before she goes back, however, she manages to arrange to have .

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 172546
  • Status Released
  • Released United States of America November 2, 1945 Philippines May 6, 1952 (Davao)
  • Content Rating United States of America NR
  • Runtime 68 minutes
  • Genres Mystery Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Production Company Republic Pictures
  • Distributor British Lion Films
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