
BETRAYED WOMEN (1955)
Despite its lurid title, Betrayed Women is more subdued than the usual "babes behind bars" melodrama. The scene is a Southern women's prison, where the inmates are subjected to all manner of sadism and brutality. State's attorney Jeff (
Tom Drake) arrives to investigate prison conditions, whereupon he is taken hostage during a breakout fomented by gun moll Honey (
Beverly Michaels) and lifer Kate (
Carole Mathews). As it happens, another of the hostages, inmate Nora (
Peggy Knudsen), has fallen in love with Jeff.
Esther Dale does her usual as a cruel prison matron, stealing the show from the capable but colorless
Tom Drake. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide