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Plot

One of the earliest girls-in-prison yarns, Ladies They Talk About has everything but Ida Lupino as the warden--and had she been in Hollywood at the time, she would probably be here as well. Gun moll Barbara Stanwyck is thrown into San Quentin (which looks more like a summer resort than a house of detention), thanks to her involvement in a bank robbery and the machinations of D.A./preacher David Slade (Preston Foster). It isn't political ambition that motivates Slade: he's in love with Stanwyck, and hopes that her incarceration will rehabilitate her. Instead, Stanwyck becomes a hard-bitten prison-block leader, spearheading a jailbreak. When things go awry, she holds Slade responsible. Upon her release, she goes gunning for Slade, and doesn't realize that she's really in love with him until she nearly puts him six feet under.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Thriller
Run Time:
69min.
Theatrical Release Date:
07/13/2001
Distributor(s):
Warner Brothers
Themes:
Women in Prison,Star-Crossed Lovers
Tone:
Forceful,Tense
Keywords:
District-Attorney,gun-moll,love,prison,prison-escape