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Girls in Chains | |
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Directed by | Edgar G. Ulmer |
Screenplay by | Albert Beich |
Story by | Edgar G. Ulmer |
Produced by | Peter R. Van Duinen |
Starring | Arline Judge |
Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
Edited by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
Music by | Leo Erdody |
Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Girls in Chains is a 1943 American women in prison film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Arline Judge. [1]
Johnny Moon is a mob boss who controls everything from politicians to a profitable women's reformatory he secretly 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 a teacher of the inmates, 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.