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Rent The Weak and the Wicked (1954)

3.4 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 24min
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Synopsis:
Jean Raymond (Glynis Johns), 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.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Victor Skutezky
Writers:
Joan Henry, J. Lee Thompson, Anne Burnaby
Aka:
Young and Willing
Studio:
Network
Genres:
Classics, Drama
Collections:
Behind Bars: Visit These Essential Prison Films, Films & TV by topic, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Sidney James, Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels, A Brief History of Film..., What We Were Watching in 1971
BBFC:
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Run Time:
84 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
B & W
Bonus:
  • Original Theatrical Trailers
  • Image Gallery
  • Promotional Material PDF
BBFC:
Release Date:
22/07/2024
Run Time:
88 minutes
Languages:
English LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
B & W
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • From Entrapment to Freedom: Phuong Le and Matthew Sweet in Conversation
  • From Book to Film: Melanie Williams on Joan Henry
  • Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
  • Original Trailer

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Banged Up. - The Weak and the Wicked review by Steve

Spoiler Alert
29/05/2023

A very English take on the women in prison genre, surely inspired by the 1950 Warner Brothers classic, Caged. This isn't as hard hitting. Or as good. It was based on the experiences of an ex-jailbird, though it lacks realism. There is little friction between the screws and the compliant cons. Not much is said about the state of the prison system.

There's no exploitation thrills either. No lesbian guards, or shower scenes. Glynis Johns is a brittle society girl who likes a flutter and passes a phoney cheque. She gets sent down for fraud and is forced to rub along with a mixed bag of career crooks and sociopaths, and first timer Diana Dors who appears to have a salon on speed-dial.

Glynis' slumming toff is too shallow to carry the film, and Di has little to do other than lay on some sullen glamour. The most memorable contribution comes from Jane Hylton, as a mother whose baby dies alone while she is out on a date. She brings some more convincing suffering to the cells.

By the time Athene Sayler and Sybil Thorndike are poisoning an inconvenient husband for his inheritance, the film gives up and feels like more of an anthology of backstories. Though it's an amusing episode. There's nothing new here, but it's still an entertaining visit to a vanished past when female convicts knew their place. Which was weaving rugs.

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