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Turn the Key Softly is a British film of genre Drama directed by Jack Lee released in USA on 3 february 1954 with Yvonne Mitchell
Turn the Key Softly (1953)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 february 1954
Length 1h21
Directed by Jack Lee
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Prison films
Rating68%
Turn the Key Softly is a 1953 British drama film, directed by Jack Lee and starring Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison and Terence Morgan. Lee and producer Maurice Cowan also wrote the screenplay, based on the novel of the same name by John Brophy, dealing with the first 24 hours of freedom for three women released on probation from prison on the same morning.
Synopsis
Three women of widely differing backgrounds walk out of the gates of London's Holloway Prison together at the end of their respective sentences. Monica Marsden (Mitchell) is a well-bred young woman, led into the world of crime by her smooth-talking but crooked lover David (Terence Morgan); Monica martyred herself by taking the fall for a crime he masterminded. Stella Jarvis (Collins) is a beautiful working-class girl who found her attractive appearance made West End prostitution a source of easy money, and was imprisoned after disregarding numerous cautions for soliciting. Mrs. Quilliam (Harrison) is a kindly elderly widow, who lived in poverty and was jailed for repeat shoplifting offences. Monica proposes that the three should meet up later for a fancy dinner, for which she will pay, to discuss how their first day of freedom has gone.Actors
Yvonne Mitchell
(Monica Marsden)
Joan Collins
(Stella Jarvis)
Kathleen Harrison
(Granny Quilliam)
Terence Morgan
(David)
Dame Thora Hird
(Mrs. Rowan, landlady)
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