Caged (1950)
Agnes Moorehead: Ruth Benton
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Quotes
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Helen : [referring to a newly paroled Marie Allen] What shall I do with her file?
Ruth Benton : Keep it active. She'll be back.
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Ruth Benton : [consoling a sobbing Marie Allen, who has just arrived in prison as an inmate] You'll find all kinds of women in here, just as you would outside. But every large institution must have rules, and the matrons are here to see that the rules are obeyed.
Ruth Benton : [continues] You weren't sent here to be punished - just *being* here is the punishment, that's all.
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Ruth Benton : Fire me, commissioner - I insist on it. I want that public hearing!
