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House of Women is a american film of genre Drama directed by Crane Wilbur released in USA on 11 april 1962 with Shirley Knight

House of Women (1962)

House of Women
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Released in USA 11 april 1962
Length 1h25
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating60% 3.0468153.0468153.0468153.0468153.046815

House of Women is a 1962 American crime drama film directed by Crane Wilbur, starring Shirley Knight and Andrew Duggan. Walter Doniger who had been initially hired to direct the film was fired and replaced by Crane Wilbur ten days into the shooting.

Synopsis

Erica Hayden (Knight) is a young expectant mother who is wrongly implicated in a crime and sent to prison for five years. Erica learns that she must find a guardian for her daughter or she will become a ward of the state. The prison's warden, Frank Cole (Duggan), becomes infatuated with Erica and effectively blocks her chances for a parole.

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