
The Weak and the Wicked
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Glynis Johns
Glynis Johns
Jean Raymond
Glynis Johns
Jean Raymond


Diana Dors
Diana Dors
Betty Brown
Diana Dors
Betty Brown


John Gregson
John Gregson
Dr. Michael Hale
John Gregson
Dr. Michael Hale
Olive Sloane
Olive Sloane
Nellie Baden
Olive Sloane
Nellie Baden


Rachel Roberts
Rachel Roberts
Pat
Rachel Roberts
Pat


Jane Hylton
Jane Hylton
Babs Peters
Jane Hylton
Babs Peters


Athene Seyler
Athene Seyler
Millie Williams
Athene Seyler
Millie Williams


Sybil Thorndike
Sybil Thorndike
Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
Sybil Thorndike
Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend


Sidney James
Sidney James
Syd Baden
Sidney James
Syd Baden


Eliot Makeham
Eliot Makeham
Grandad Baden
Eliot Makeham
Grandad Baden
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