Women Without Names (1940)
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Paramount's "B" pictures of the early 1940s were generally more interesting than their star-studded "A"s, as witness Women without Names. Ellen Drew and Robert Paige star as newlyweds Joyce and Fred MacNeil, whose honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin (John Miljan), Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name. Fred fate rests in the hands of Peggy Athens (Judith Barrett), the spiteful girl friend of Joyce's ex-husband, and the only person who knows the identity of the real murderer. Women Without Names was based on a play by Ernest Booth. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Ellen Drew - Joyce King
- Judith Barrett - Peggy Athens
- Fay Helm - Millie
- Louise Beavers - Ivory
- Esther Dale - Head Matron Inglis
- George Anderson
- Dick Elliott
- Mary Gordon - Juror
- Paul Kruger - Reporter
- Joe Sawyer - Principal Keeper Grimley
- Henry Roquemore
- Ralph McCullough
- Helen Lynch - Susie
- Thomas E. Jackson - Detective Sgt. Reardon
- Audrey Maynard - Maggie
- John Harmon
- Lillian Elliott - Mrs. Anthony
- Douglas Carter
- Robert Paige - Fred MacNeil
- John Miljan - Assistant District Atty. John Marlin
- John McGuire - Walter Ferris
- James Seay - O'Grane
- Marjorie Main - Mrs. Lowry
- Mae Busch - Rose
- Eddie Fetherstone
- Kitty Kelly - Countess
- Virginia Dabney - Ruffles
- Ruth Warren - Roomer
- Leila McIntyre
- Helen MacKellar
- Wilfred Lucas
- Blanche Rose - Jail Matron
- Douglas Kennedy - Secretary
- James Flavin - Guard
- Jack Egan
- Arthur Ayleswofth
- Director(s):
- Robert Florey
- Writer(s):
- Horace McCoy, William Lipman
- Producer(s):
- Eugene Zukor
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