Turn the Key Softly (1953)

19531h 17mdir. Jack LeeUnited Kingdomprison filmdrama film

With Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison, Terence Morgan

Directed by Jack Lee

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Turn the Key Softly is a 1953 British drama film directed by Jack Lee and starring Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison, and Terence Morgan. Lee and producer Maurice Cowan wrote the screenplay, based on the 1951 novel of the same title by John Brophy, dealing with the first 24 hours of freedom for three women released on probation from prison on the same morning. It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location around London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Donald M. Ashton. It was released by Rank's General Film Distributors.

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