We start the film with a group of 4 condemned women in a boat to prison under the watchful eye of Jack Carson of all people! He doesn't even get a mention in the credits. The most interesting of these 4 women are the 2 that they don't concentrate on - the ageing actress and the other one. Instead, we concentrate on soppy Anne Shirley (Millie) and suicidal Sally Eilers (Linda) who has given up on life. How is that possibly an interesting duo to follow! Anyway, they get to prison and we meet top dog Lee Patrick (Annie) who is a way more interesting character, and she is intent on carrying out an escape plan for which she needs the help of Eilers.
This offering started out with an interesting setting - a women's prison instead of a man's prison - and the usual things happen. It's just that there aren't really any suspenseful incidents and we get a ludicrous romance that blossoms between Eilers and the doctor Louis Hayward (Philip). We also have an unrealistic breakout that has women screaming and falling over each other for way too long and we don't concentrate long enough on the ones that get away to provide more tension, before we are thrown into a court case where the film just totally loses interest and actually becomes stupid. It doesn't matter that you may drift off and miss the reason for how the film ends in the way that it does but it is a ludicrous end and who cares. The film has now finished.
There is no hanky-panky between female inmates and we needed a bigger butch girls presence in the joint. Lee Patrick has a cool look and your eye is drawn to her but they all should have just stayed and served their proper time. Breaking out with 3 months to go? Idiots.