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Directed by
  
George Archainbaud

Music by
  
Joseph Dubin

Initial release
  
2 November 1945 (USA)

Music director
  
Joseph Dubin

Production company
  
Republic Pictures

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Written by
  
Houston Branch

Cinematography
  
John Alton

Director
  
George Archainbaud

Story by
  
Houston Branch

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Produced by
  
Herman Millakowsky Rudolph E. Abel

Starring
  
Lynne Roberts Virginia Christine Marion Martin

Cast
  
Virginia Christine, Adele Mara, Lynne Roberts, Marion Martin, Verna Felton

Similar
  
Bengal Tiger, State's Attorney, Angel in Exile, The Wayward Girl, Gangs of the Waterfront

Girls of the Big House is a 1945 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Lynne Roberts, Virginia Christine and Marion Martin.

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Gano Chittenden.

Plot

A college professor's daughter is convicted of a crime she didn't commit. Under an assumed name, Jeanne Crail, she is imprisoned with inmates including Bernice Meyers, who misses her boyfriend Smiley, and the condemned Alma Vlasek, who killed a policeman while waiting to ambush her cheating husband and his mistress.

Jeanne breaks out of jail to go see her sweetheart, lawyer Bart Sturgis. When her man Smiley visits prison, Bernice is infuriated by his attraction to Jeanne and attacks her with a knife. Jeanne ends up in solitary confinement. Alma, finally realizing who her husband's secret lover was, murders Bernice in the prison. Bart's efforts help clear Jeanne's name and win her release.

Cast

  • Lynne Roberts as Jeanne Crail
  • Virginia Christine as Bernice Meyers
  • Marion Martin as Dixie
  • Adele Mara as Harriet
  • Tom Keene as Barton Sturgis
  • Geraldine Wall as Head Matron Marsden
  • Tala Birell as Alma Vlasek
  • Norma Varden as Mrs. Thelma Holt
  • Mary Newton as Dr. Gale Warren
  • Steve Barclay as Smiley Gordon
  • Erskine Sanford as Professor O'Neill
  • Sarah Edwards as Dormitory Matron
  • Ida Moore as 'Mother' Fielding
  • William Forrest as District Attorney
  • Verna Felton as Agnes
  • George Reynolds as Earl Williams
  • Dick Elliott as Felton
  • Hella Crossley as Mae
  • Kathryn Sheldon as Kitchen Warden
  • Isabel Withers as Alma's Cell Warden
  • Gertrude Astor as Railroad Matron
  • Roy Barcroft as Police Dispatcher (voice)
  • Barbara Bedford as Visitors' Matron
  • Barry Bernard as Scholar
  • Symona Boniface as Matron
  • Grace Cunard as Medical Trustee
  • Edythe Elliott as Postmistress
  • Dorothy Granger as Woman Clerk
  • John Ince as Pompous Man
  • Marjorie Kane as Inmate
  • Elaine Lange as Mabel
  • Tom London as Sheriff at Alma's Cell
  • Mary McCarty as Inmate
  • Anne O'Neal as Bart's Secretary
  • Florence Pepper as Clerk
  • Lee Phelps as Detective Benson
  • Mary Rockwell as Laundry Matron
  • Marin Sais as Foyer Matron
  • Walter Shumway as Policeman
  • Lee Slater as Yell Leader
  • Sheila Stewart as Trustee-Clerk
  • Brick Sullivan as Deputy Sheriff
  • Charles Sullivan as Waiter
  • Rean Tibeau as The Little Stoolie

    • References

    Girls of the Big House Wikipedia
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