A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.
Linda Darnell
as Nancy Johnson
Edgar Buchanan
as Judge Michael T. Mallory
Michael Duane
as Tom Adams
Sara Allgood
as Mrs. Maria Barton
Glenda Farrell
as Billie LaRue
Leslie Brooks
as Gwen
Doris Dudley
as Winnie
Margaret Hamilton
as Dora
Sheldon Leonard
as Monk LaRue
Rosemary DeCamp
as Mrs. Slade
Lloyd Bridges
as Coast Guard Helmsman (uncredited)
Don DeFore
as Mr. Peters (uncredited)