Ladies They Talk About

Ladies They Talk About is a 1933 PreCode American crime drama directed by Howard Bretherton and William Keighley, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, and Lyle Talbot. Based on the play Women in Prison by Dorothy Mackaye and Carlton Miles, the film is about an attractive woman who is a member of a bankrobbery gang.

At San Quentin State Prison, Nan meets fellow inmates Linda Lillian Roth, Sister Susie Dorothy Burgess and Aunt Maggie Maude Eburne, as well as prison matron Noonan Ruth Donnelly. Slade continues to send Nan letters, but she refuses his entreaties. Meanwhile, Linda has a fancy for Slade, and resents Nan for spurring him. Her bank accomplice, Lefty Harold Huber visits her, and tells her that Don is now imprisoned in the mens section on the other side of the wall. Lefty tells her to make a map of the womens section as well as a copy of the matrons key so that the men can escape via the womens section of the prison. However, Nan believes Slade told the prison officials about the escape plot and Don is shot dead as he gets to Nans cell to break her out. Nan is given another year, and is not allowed visitors, but vows to seek revenge on Slade.When she is released, Nan goes to a revival group meeting hosted by Slade. He is glad to see her, and she is escorted to a back room where he professes his love for her. She scoffs and accuses him of turning in her bank robber accomplices. She shoots him but misses, hitting him in the arm. Sister Susie sees this from outside via a keyhole, but Slade denies that he has been shot, and Slade and Nan announce their intention to marry. ........

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