House of Women

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.

Plot summary
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.

When another inmate's child dies, the woman becomes deranged. Erica prevents a tragedy and earns the right to be freed to be with her daughter, while the Warden Cole's unethical methods come to light.

Cast
 Shirley Knight as Erica Hayden  
 Andrew Duggan as Warden Frank Cole  
 Constance Ford as Sophie Brice  
 Barbara Nichols as Candy Kane  
 Margaret Hayes as Zoe Stoughton  
 Jeanne Cooper as Helen Jennings  
 Virginia Gregg as Mrs. Hunter  
 Patricia Huston as Doris  
 Jason Evers as Dr. F.M. Conrad  
 Jennifer Howard as Addie Gates  
 Caroline Richter as Clemens  
 Gayla Graves as Jackie  
 Colette Jackson as Aggie  
 Jacqueline Scott as Mrs. Stevens  
 Paul Lambert as Richard Dunn

See also

 List of American films of 1962

References

External links 
 
 
 

Category:1962 films
Category:1960s crime drama films
Category:American crime drama films
Category:American films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Crane Wilbur
Category:Warner Bros. films
Category:Women in prison films