A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even imagined existed before.
Acting
Colbert's dramatic transformation from spoiled brat to woke socialite.
Production
Gritty prison sequences that shocked 1930 audiences.
Director
George Abbott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood let films show crime without mandatory punishment—this was remade in 1939 with a softened ending under stricter censorship.
Director George Abbott later became legendary for Broadway musicals; this was his strange detour into women's prison melodrama.
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