title: Who Lie in Gaol
text: # Who Lie in Gaol
  
  Who Lie in Gaol is a 1952 work by the British writer Joan Henry. It is semi-autobiographical novel, based on Henry's own experiences serving a prison sentence for passing a fraudulent cheque. The title is drawn from Oscar Wilde's The Ballad of Reading Gaol. She followed the success of the work with another bestseller Yield to the Night.
  
  ## Film adaptation
  
  In 1953 it was adapted into the film The Weak and the Wicked directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Glynis Johns, Diana Dors and John Gregson.
  
  