The Weak and the Wicked

1h 28min

Drama

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.

Cast

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns

Jean Raymond
Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Betty Brown
John Gregson

John Gregson

Dr. Michael Hale
Olive Sloane

Olive Sloane

Nellie Baden
Jane Hylton

Jane Hylton

Babs Peters
Athene Seyler

Athene Seyler

Millie Williams
Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike

Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
Sid James

Sid James

Syd Baden
Eliot Makeham

Eliot Makeham

Grandad Baden
Ursula Howells

Ursula Howells

Pam Vickers
Jean Taylor Smith

Jean Taylor Smith

Prison Governor (Grange)
Cecil Trouncer

Cecil Trouncer

Presiding Judge
Joan Haythorne

Joan Haythorne

Prison Governor (Blackdown)
Joyce Heron

Joyce Heron

Prison Matron Arnold
Anthony Nicholls

Anthony Nicholls

Prison Chaplain
Paul Carpenter

Paul Carpenter

Joe, Bab's boyfriend
A.E. Matthews

A.E. Matthews

Harry Wicks, Mabel's beau
Barbara Couper

Barbara Couper

Prison Doctor
Mary Merrall

Mary Merrall

Mrs Skinner
Tom Gill

Tom Gill

Shop Assistant
Herbert C. Walton

Herbert C. Walton

'Blue Eyes', the gardener
Irene Handl

Irene Handl

Waitress
Bessie Love

Bessie Love

Prisoner
Hannah Watt

Hannah Watt

Prison Matron
Margaret Diamond

Margaret Diamond

Prison Matron
Maureen Pryor

Maureen Pryor

Prison Matron
Ruth Dunning

Ruth Dunning

Prison Matron
Kathleen Michael

Kathleen Michael

Prison Matron
Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

Policewoman in Court
Ballard Berkeley

Ballard Berkeley

Police Detective
Victor Harrington

Victor Harrington

Shopper who bumps into Nellie
Frank Hawkins

Frank Hawkins

Store Detective

Release date

2nd Feb 1954

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English