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Diana Dors
Mary Price Hilton
Yvonne Mitchell
Matron Hilda MacFarlane
Michael Craig
Jim Lancaster
Marie Ney
Prison Governess
Geoffrey Keen
Prison Chaplain
Liam Redmond
Prison Doctor
Olga Lindo
Senior Matron Hill
Joan Miller
Matron Barker
Marjorie Rhodes
Matron Brandon
Molly Urquhart
Mason
Mary Mackenzie
Matron
Harry Locke
Fred
Michael Ripper
Roy
Joyce Blair
Doris
Charles Clay
Bob
Athene Seyler
Miss Bligh
Peggy Livesey
Nursing Sister
Mona Washbourne
Mrs. Thomas, landlady
Alec Finter
Mr. Thomas, landlord
Marianne Stone
Richardson
Mercia Shaw
Lucy
Charles Lloyd Pack
Lawyer
Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Price
John Charlesworth
Alan Price
Frank Hawkins
Police Sergeant

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Feb 26 2023

This is a super vehicle for Diana Dors as the imprisoned "Mary". We know right from the start that she gunned down "Lucy" outside her mews cottage, and that her appeal has failed. Death row looms as she sits in her cell, accompanied at all times by two prison officers, awaiting a reprieve that may, or may not, come. Whilst she waits, we wait - and we learn a little about just what drove her to commit this cold-blooded crime. You see, she fell in love with the rather weak "Jim" (Michael Craig) and when she discovered that he was in love with someone else, she struggled to cope. Always hoping tha...