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Young and Willing

Original title: The Weak and the Wicked
  • 1954
  • Approved
  • 1h 12m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
459
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Diana Dors and Glynis Johns in Young and Willing (1954)
CrimeDrama

Frank "women in prison" story that sympathetically tracks several inmates through their imprisonment and subsequent return to society. Some are successfully rehabilitated; some are not.Frank "women in prison" story that sympathetically tracks several inmates through their imprisonment and subsequent return to society. Some are successfully rehabilitated; some are not.Frank "women in prison" story that sympathetically tracks several inmates through their imprisonment and subsequent return to society. Some are successfully rehabilitated; some are not.

  • Director
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writers
    • Joan Henry
    • J. Lee Thompson
    • Anne Burnaby
  • Stars
    • Glynis Johns
    • John Gregson
    • Diana Dors
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    459
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • Joan Henry
      • J. Lee Thompson
      • Anne Burnaby
    • Stars
      • Glynis Johns
      • John Gregson
      • Diana Dors
    • 15User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast68

    Glynis Johns
    Glynis Johns
    • Jean Raymond
    John Gregson
    John Gregson
    • Dr. Michael Hale
    Diana Dors
    Diana Dors
    • Betty Brown
    Jane Hylton
    Jane Hylton
    • Babs Peters, inmate
    Sidney James
    Sidney James
    • Syd Baden
    Olive Sloane
    Olive Sloane
    • Nellie Baden, inmate
    Eliot Makeham
    Eliot Makeham
    • Grandad Baden
    A.E. Matthews
    A.E. Matthews
    • Harry Wicks, Mabel's beau
    Athene Seyler
    Athene Seyler
    • Millie Williams, inmate
    Sybil Thorndike
    Sybil Thorndike
    • Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
    Jean Taylor Smith
    • Prison Governor (Grange)
    • (as Jean Taylor-Smith)
    Joan Haythorne
    Joan Haythorne
    • Prison Governor (Blackdown)
    Anthony Nicholls
    Anthony Nicholls
    • Prison Chaplain
    Barbara Couper
    • Prison Doctor
    Joyce Heron
    Joyce Heron
    • P.O. Arnold
    Ursula Howells
    Ursula Howells
    • Pam Vickers
    Mary Merrall
    Mary Merrall
    • Mrs. Skinner
    Rachel Roberts
    Rachel Roberts
    • Pat, pregnant inmate
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • Joan Henry
      • J. Lee Thompson
      • Anne Burnaby
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews15

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    • Trivia
      Joan Henry's original novel 'Who Lie In Gaol' was based on her own experiences of prison. In debt from gambling, she took a forged cheque from a friend as a loan, and was convicted at the Old Bailey in 1951. Sentenced to twelve months, she served eight, primarily in Holloway Prison of which she was very critical, and later at Askham Grange Open Prison. The Glynis Johns character is based on her, although Henry thought her "a bit goody-goody".
    • Goofs
      During the entire length of her prison term, Diana Dors maintains her artificially bleached and obviously waved hair style; Glynis Johns also maintains a more casual, but still very professionally maintained style from start to finish.
    • Quotes
      • Jean Raymond: No one wants to give a girl with no talent a job.
    • Connections
      Featured in A Bit of Scarlet (1997)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • July 18, 1954 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Weak and the Wicked
    • Filming locations
      • Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, London, England, UK(dress shop where Jean worked - exterior of The Berkeley Hotel.)
    • Production company
      • Marble Arch Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 12m(72 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White

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