- Country: USA
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
- Release: 1940-01-31
- Director: Nick Grinde
- Writers: Joseph Carole , Martin Mooney , Alex Gottlieb
- Language: English
- Stars: Rochelle Hudson , Frieda Inescort , June Lang , Lola Lane , Glenn Ford , Iris Meredith , Lorna Gray , Esther Dale , William Farnum , Mary Field
- Runtime: 65 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Infierno de mujeres (Mexico) , Prisão com Grades (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Inspärrad (Sweden) , Convicted Woman , Redemoinho da Vida (Brazil) , Convicted Woman (United States of America)
- Plot: Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and, despite the best efforts of her lawyer and noted social worker Mary Ellis and a reporter, Jim Brent on her behalf, is sentenced to a year in the Curtiss House of Correction. Chief Matron Brackett rules with an iron hand with the aid of inmates Frankie Mason, "The Duchess" and Nita Lavore. One of the inmates commits suicide and a subsequent story by Jim on the prison conditions leads to Mary Ellis being made the supervisor of the prison. When ten girls are allowed to go home for Thanksgiving under the promise of returning by eleven p.m., Frankie and "The Duchess", angry over losing the privileges given them by the departed Matron Brackett, arrange to have Betty kidnapped so she can not return at the appointed time. Another of the girls telephones Jim and he finds Betty a prisoner at a deserted roadhouse...
- IMDB:tt0032358
Convicted Woman Cast · · · ALL
Nick Grinde
Director
Rochelle Hudson
Betty Andrews
Frieda Inescort
Attorney Mary Ellis
June Lang
Georgia Mason aka The Duchess
Lola Lane
Hazel Wren
Glenn Ford
Jim Brent (Reporter)
Iris Meredith
Nita Lavore
Lorna Gray
Frankie Mason
Esther Dale
Chief Matron Brackett
William Farnum
Commissioner McNeill
Mary Field
Gracie Dunn
Beatrice Blinn
May Sorenson
June Gittelson
Tubby
Dorothy Appleby
Daisy
E. Alyn Warren
Mailman (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett
Reporter (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
Reporter (uncredited)
Willis Clare
Floorwalker (uncredited)
Dorothy Comingore
Inmate (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
Bus Starter (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Matron (uncredited)
Evelyn Dockson
Matron (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Floorwalker (uncredited)