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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* [[Beverly Michaels]] |
* [[Beverly Michaels]] as Angie Booth |
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* [[Joan Rice]] |
* [[Joan Rice]] as Cleo |
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* [[Thora Hird]] |
* [[Thora Hird]] as Granny |
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* [[Avril Angers]] |
* [[Avril Angers]] as Bessie |
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* [[Paul Carpenter (actor)|Paul Carpenter]] |
* [[Paul Carpenter (actor)|Paul Carpenter]] as Nick |
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* [[Hermione Baddeley]] |
* [[Hermione Baddeley]] as Grace |
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* [[Bill Shine (actor)|Bill Shine]] |
* [[Bill Shine (actor)|Bill Shine]] as Reveller |
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* [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]] |
* [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]] as Percy |
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* [[Valerie White]] |
* [[Valerie White]] as Governor |
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* [[Eugene Deckers]] |
* [[Eugene Deckers]] as Pierre |
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* [[April Olrich]] |
* [[April Olrich]] as Margueritte |
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* [[Ralph Michael]] |
* [[Ralph Michael]] as Julian |
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* [[Betty Cooper (actress)|Betty Cooper]] |
* [[Betty Cooper (actress)|Betty Cooper]] as Evans |
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* [[Sheila Burrell]] |
* [[Sheila Burrell]] as Babs |
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* [[Michael Golden (actor)|Michael Golden]] |
* [[Michael Golden (actor)|Michael Golden]] as Bargee |
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==Critical reception== |
==Critical reception== |
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Revision as of 08:34, 11 April 2023
| Women Without Men | |
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| Directed by | Elmo Williams Herbert Glazer |
| Screenplay by | Val Guest Richard Landau |
| Based on | a story by Richard Landau |
| Produced by | Anthony Hinds |
| Starring | Beverly Michaels Joan Rice |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | James Needs |
| Music by | Leonard Salzedo John Hollingsworth |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Exclusive Films (U.K.) Associated Film Releasing Corporation (U.S.) |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Women Without Men is a 1956 British drama film directed by Elmo Williams and Herbert Glazer and starring Beverly Michaels, Joan Rice and Hermione Baddeley.[1] The screenplay concerns a woman who is unjustly sent to prison for an act which was really one of self-defence and who escapes from prison in order to keep a rendezvous with her would-be fiancé, who has been out of the country and unaware of her plight.
For U.S. release the film was retitled Blonde Bait and substantially re-edited, with new scenes filmed by the American distributors (with additional American actors - e.g. Jim Davis replacing Paul Carpenter as Nick) and notable character and plot changes, such as turning the heroine into a gangster's moll, for whom the prison break is engineered by the police in hopes she will lead them to her much-wanted fugitive boyfriend.[2] Other new actors were Richard Travis, Harry Lauter and Paul Cavanagh. Beverly Michaels also appeared in the film's new ending sequence.
Plot
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Cast
- Beverly Michaels as Angie Booth
- Joan Rice as Cleo
- Thora Hird as Granny
- Avril Angers as Bessie
- Paul Carpenter as Nick
- Hermione Baddeley as Grace
- Bill Shine as Reveller
- Gordon Jackson as Percy
- Valerie White as Governor
- Eugene Deckers as Pierre
- April Olrich as Margueritte
- Ralph Michael as Julian
- Betty Cooper as Evans
- Sheila Burrell as Babs
- Michael Golden as Bargee
Critical reception
Sky Movies wrote, "Hammer Films, just before their success in the horror field, jumped on the band-wagon for women's prison films that had been rolling in Britain and America since the success of Caged in 1950. Beverly Michaels (sent to prison on the slimmest of pretexts), Joan Rice, April Olrich and Hermione Baddely are among those looking grim, while Thora Hird makes the most of one of her best film roles as the indomitable Granny."[3] The Radio Times noted a "Second-feature British prison drama of no particular distinction, but deploying some humour and employing some interesting names - Thora Hird, Avril Angers - which up the entertainment quotient...it's good for an idle rainy afternoon or 2am insomnia."[4]
References
- ^ "Women without Men (1956)". Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
- ^ "Blonde Bait (1956) - Notes - TCM.com".
- ^ "Women without Men".
- ^ "Women without Men - Film from RadioTimes".
External links
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