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- BFI identifier49313
- Date1953 (Copyright)
1953-06-01 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisDrama. At 8.00am one day three women are released from Holloway (women's) prison in London. They are brassy young Stella Jarvis, timid old Mrs Quilliam and poised, secretive Monica Marston. As they head back out across London to their old lives, they face temptations that could prove their undoing again. Stella is glad to see her fiancé, the kindly, steady-going bus conductor Bob, who urges her to settle down in respectable digs. Mrs Quilliam is happy to see her dog, Johnny. Monica tries to find an office job despite the fact that her criminal record can hardly be hidden from prospective employers, and she is displeased to see her old boyfriend, David. That same evening, the women are to meet for dinner at the Monte Christo restaurant in the West End. The rest of the evening proves full of unexpected drama for them all. (Synopsis)
- Work history"We acknowledge, with gratitude, the help given by the Home Office, the Prison Commissioners and the Governor of H.M. Prison Holloway."
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- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Jack Lee
©: Chiltern Film Productions Limited
Presents: The J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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Title
Turn the Key Softly (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/1248-EBFE-2DFD-D45A-568E-2Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
16mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Based on the novel by John Brophy - SCR-18135
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Work - 49313 - 1953 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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