Women's Prison
Summary:
With the exception of the vastly superior Caged, Columbia's Women's Prison was the quintessential "babes behind bars" drama of the 1950s. Ida Lupino (who else?) stars as Amelia VanZant, the sadistic supervisor of the titular prison. Unable to establish any sort of relationship with a man, Amelia takes it out on her long-suffering inmates. When prison psychiatrist Clark (Howard Duff... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Ida Lupino - (Amelia Van Zant)
Jan Sterling - (Brenda Martin)
Cleo Moore - (Mae)
Audrey Totter - (Joan Burton)
Phyllis Thaxter - (Helene Jensen)
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Review:
The camp meter goes sky high in Women's Prison, a "dames behind bars" flick that is an over-the-top delight. That is not to say, it should quickly be pointed out, that Prison is in any way a good film; it's just a bad, even trashy, film that is immensely entertaining. There are plot holes that the largest tractor trailer in the world could dr... Continue >>
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