BABES BEHIND BARS

The Ultimate 'Film Noir' Women in Prison movie - Due for release in 2002

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BAD GIRLS (serie TV - UK)  a.k.a. Les Condamnées

cast :Debra Stephenson  Helen Fraser

Top rating and dramatically juicy ITV series set in a British women’s prison, which directly confronts bisexuality, female violence, drugs and the emotional realities of doing hard time.
Plots range from the political struggles among the guards and wardens to the shifting allegiances between inmates, in a terrific blend of heartbreak, back-stabbing, infighting and deft comedic turns.

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BAD GIRLS DORMITORY (1985)
Written & Directed by Tim Kincaid.
FX: Ed French
Cast: Carey Zuris, Teresa Farley, Jennifer Delora, Natalie O'Donnell

Carey Zuris stars as a rape victim/boyfriend killer thrown to the wolves at a juvenile detention facility. This low budget tacky film has all the right elements. Bad catfights, 4 shower scenes, lesbians, drugs, incest, gang bangs, rapes,kung fu, suicide, murder, and tons of nudity. Director Kincaid previously directed gay porn films under the name Joe Gage.Ed french is credited with the FX.

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BANDITS (1999)

directed by Katja von Garnier

cast : Katja Riemann , Jasmin Tabatabai , Nicoleete Krebitz , Jutta Hoffmann

Four women in jail form a prison band and play at a police banquet. They overpower a guard and escape. Somehow, their demo ends up played over the radio and the escaped convicts become a hit, but the cops are still after them.
 

BANGKOK HILTON (1998)

Directed by Ken Cameron

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott

An Australian woman searching for her father is tricked into carrying some luggage through Thai customs, only for the police to find drugs in the bag. Kat is sentenced to spend time in the horrific Bangkok Hilton prison.

BAMBOO HOUSE OF DOLLS (1973) a.k.a. Storia Segreta Di Un Lager Femminile  a.k.a. Das bambuscamp der    frauen
Directed by Kuei Chih-Hung.
Hardcore Shaw Brothers Japanese WIP. This one deserves to be seen for the focus puller alone. Chicks are held prisoner in Jap WWII camp, and pimped out to the higher ups. Lots of brutal sex,  hair brained escapes, traitors, and a search for a cave full of treasures. The only copy I have found for review was a scratchy print with good color saturation. Like Cannibal Holocaust, I'm sure there are numerous edits floating around the bootleg market. When I come across more I hope to expand on the various versions. This film is suprisingly good. There are moments of sheer nastiness that rival Killer Snakes in tone, and some well done action sequences on the level of the Phillipino WIP flicks of the early 70's. I especially liked the escape by truck, and its dizzying confussion. Unlike Sodomania, Bamboo House of Dolls deserves it's cult status.

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BARE BEHIND BARS (1987) a.k.a. Mädchen schutzlos hinter Gittern a.k.a. Desnuda tras las rejas a.k.a. a prisao
Directed by: Osvaldo DeOliveria
Cast: Maria Splendore, Neide Ribeiro, Marcia Frago        
XThe movie has exercise yard brawls and stabbings, numerous shower scenes, lesbian guards who beat the nude inmates in the shower, a lesbian warden who also gets nude. A bimbo lesbian nurse who sniffs ether....In the last 5 minutes or so, there are some brief hardcore male-female snippets. I was quite surprised by this. Usually, a movie is all softcore, or all hardcore, but this one takes the softcore route until the very end.

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BARBED WIRE DOLLS (1976)  a.k.a. Caged Women   a.k.a. Frauen Gefangis
Directed by: Jess Franco
cast: Lina Romay, Monika Swinn, Paul Muller

This one made back-to-back with "Women behind bars".
WIP sleaze has Lina Romay kill her father after he attempts to rape her. She is sent to a prison run by an ugly sadistic lesbian warden (aren't they all), and must fight for her life. Info is leaking out about theprisons unsavory conditions which leads to, yep you guessed it. Interrogation sequences. Highlight is electric bed torture. Franco goodness. Slow pacing deviant humiliation.

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BARN OF THE NAKED DEAD (1973)   a.k.a. Nightmare Circus
directed by: Alan Rudolph
cast: Andrew Prine,Roman Valenti

Siskel and Ebert's favorite director's first effort! Played in Seattle as TERROR CIRCUS in 1980 (!) as a bottom half of a double billing with MOTEL HELL. This film is just sick and boring at the same time. A car full of girls takes a short cut to Vegas and get stranded in the desert, only to be prisoners to a madman (Andrew Prine, who is really good in this film). The film has a bad theme song, sloppy editing, a creature who lives in a shack, and whipping girls like animals. The film is made by Alan Rudolph, who now makes art house films. Many of you might see this film and say, it can't be the same guy who made this, but it is. He also made ROADIE with meatloaf! The video print NIGHTMARE CIRCUS is grainy, and the title is video tacked in. I hear it played in most cities in the early 70's as BARN OF THE NAKED DEAD.

Black cat in jail (2000)

directed by: Woo Chi Lung

Cast : Jade Leung Chang, Teresa Mak Ga Kei

They are four felons: a victim of drug dealers most wants to see her boy but he treats her as a stranger; a dancer who killed her husband meets the mistress in jail; a killer who enjoy peace in prison is asked to do job again; a starlet was cheated by a rich man and wants to commit suicide because of the damage of her "fixed" face ...

BETRAYED WOMEN (1955)
directed by: Edward L. Cahn
screenplay: Steve Fisher
cast: Carole Matthews, Beverly Michaels, Tom Drake, Sarah Haden

A couple of female prisoners break from an all-girl devils island. In the process they take a guy and his girlfriend hostage and into the swamp to recover some booty from their heist that landed them in the big house. So-so flick could of been a classic with Ed Wood at the helm.

BETTER OFF DEAD (1993)
directed by:M. Neema Barnette
cast: Mare Winningham, Tyra Ferrell, Kevin Tighe, Don Harvey

Cop killing chick tries to sweet talk the reform bit with the help of the DA that put her down. The hard assed governor is sure to see the dame gassed. For more of the same see Sharon Stone in Last Dance. 

THE BIG BIRD CAGE (1971)
a.k.a. Women's Penitentiary 2
directed by: Jack Hill
cast: Anitra Ford, Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Candice Roman, 

Roger Corman produced, Jack Hill directed sequel to The Big Doll House. Filmed in the Phillipines for $125,000. Pam Grier plays a rebel who goes into a prison camp to get chicks for the cause. All inmates are forced to work in a Sugar Cane Mill. Not as groovy as the The Big Doll House, but enjoyable none the less. Pam wrote and sung the theme song.

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THE BIG BUST OUT (1972) a.k.a. Women's Penitentiary 9  a.k.a. Crucified Girls of San Ramon
a.k.a. Io monaca...per tre cargone e sette peccatrici
Directed by Ernsy R. von Theumer (a.k.a. Richard Jackson, a.k.a. Mel Welles)
cast: Vonette McGee, Monica Taylor, Linda Fox, Karen Carter, Tony Kendall

Several women bust out during convent detail, get sold into slavery, take their clothes off, etc. A sadistic midget and a gun toting nun add to the antics. The MCM copy has diferent credits on the box, and no credits on the video.

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THE BIG DOLL HOUSE (1971) a.k.a. Women's Penitentiary   a.k.a. Women's Penitentiary 3   a.k.a. Bamboo Dolls House
Directed by Jack Hill. 
Cast: Judy Brown, Pam Grier,  Roberta Collins, Sid Haig, Brooke Mills, Pat Woodell
This is the Phillipino monster that started a boom in the drive-in WIP films of the 70's. Our sultry vixens not only bust out of a jungle hell hole, but they take the warden hostage. Marina (Judy Brown) is a killer who gets thrown into the clink with sassy prostitute Pam Grier, and political prisoner Erica (Pat Woodell).Sid Haig is on the scene to serve a little alcohol and get his finger wet.This movie has it all including cobra torture, rape, flogging, automatic weapons, riots, and nudity.

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BIG SISTER 2000 (1995)
cast: William Smith, Julie Strain, Heather Baker
 Enthralled by the cover boasting a leather-clad woman with a big gun, I thought this would be a good pick. The plot is that the main character is kidnapped from her boyfriends trailer after a night of apparent loving. Her crime: reading a book of jokes (?). Tracy is then taken to some sort of prison camp where other scantily clad x-porn stars are kept. There, the girls must fight to liberate themselves from the likes of a leather clad torturess (possibly the same person depicted on the cover) and a scummy boss man, who is the mastermind of both the prison and the kidnappings. These two main villians try to "break" the girls by means of verbal and physical abuse, neither of which are at all abusive. A kindred ghost who was killed by the very people Tracy is being detained by helps Tracy to escape, by telling her the big boss man's secret weakness. Armed with the weapon that the scummy boss man has an incredible fear of his mother, Tracy in turn "breaks" him by somehow convincing him that she is his mother and he's been "A Bad Boy!" or some such nonsense. Other noteworthy mention is that Tracy kills the female torturess by poking out her one "good" eye (the torturess' other eye is glass, which is revealed by the all-knowing ghost).Shot in video, but yet not a porn (a couple boobs here and there).

THE BIG SNATCH (1968)  a.k.a. The Big Catch
Directed by Danny Martin & Byron Mabe as Ronnie Runningboard
Produced by: David F. Friedman   cast:Harry Chest, Peggy Church, Uschi Digard

Chockful of violence and eroticism Without a doubt one of the most obscure and underrated movies of all cult movies. If you ever get a copy of it keep it. Nobody wanted to be associated with this movie (as you will notice from the hilarious credits)but for Peggy Church and Uschi Digart it was an opportunity to land more exploitation roles in the future. The acting is atrocious, the women are all very good looking, especially Digart who was only 19 at the time, and believe me they don't make them like her anymore. The movie is funny because is so bad, but a couple of the scenes rank high in eroticism specially the ones with Uschi ( I doubt any warm blooded man can resist her charm and accent), the camera work is very good, and the reason why I like this movie is because is fast paced, corny to a fault, and dated, but still a gem of exploitation or soft-core and will give many men out there hours of viewing pleasure..

BLACK MAMMA, WHITE MAMMA (1972) a.k.a. Frauen in ketten a.k.a. Hot, Hard, & Mean   a.k.a.  Women In Chains   a.k.a.  Women's Penitentiary 10
directed by: Eddie Romero written by: Johnathon Demme
Producer: John Ashley
cast:Pam Grier, Margret Markov,Sid Haig, Lynn Borden
This Defiant Ones rip off isn't bad as Pam Grier and Margaret Markov escape chained to one another. Pam's a ho, and Markov is the girlfriend of a rebel leader. The girls have cat fights, play nun dress up, and shoot em up. Sid plays a bounty hunter hot on their trail. The lush Phillipino landscapes really shine in this one. Recommended..

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BLONDE BAIT (1956) a.k.a. Women without men

directed by Elmo Williams

cast ; Beverly Michaels,Thora Hird

Hammer's attempt at a women in prison film.

Women’s prison drama with humour and thrills, but no big stars. Jailed for injuring a man in self defence, Angie (Beverly Michaels), makes an escape bid during a Christmas concert to keep a intended rendezvous with her boyfriend Nick (Paul Carpenter), who discharges himself from hospital to keep the date. Angie also helps fellow escapee Marguerite (April Olrich) prevent her baby being sent to an orphanage before giving herself up.

BLOOD & LACE (1971)

directed by Philip S. Gilbert

cast ; Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson

BORN INNOCENT (1974 Made for TV)
Directed by Donald Wrye
cast: Linda Blair, Joanna Miles
A young runaway becomes product of the state, and joins the problem. After a lawsuit was won against NBC, the  broomstick rape scene was cut.  Although this is a well made film with some naughty moments, it has to much social merit to be good exploitation fun. Blair would grow up, and later return to prison in Chained Heat.

BRIDGE OF SIGHS(1936)

Directed by: Phil Rosen

Starring: Onslow Stevens & Jack LaRue

New York City prosecutor wrongly convicts Harry West of murder only to learn that the woman he loves has a mysterious connection to the condemned man. Marion Courtney refuses to believe West's guilt and launches her own campaign to bring the real killer to justice. She infiltrates a woman's prison where "Duchess" Thane is serving time for possession of the murder weapon. A prison break is orchestrated and Marion must discover the identity of the murderer before the wrong man is sent to the chair.

BROKEDOWN PALACE (1999)

Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
cast: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Lou Diamond Phillips

Two girls take a trip to Thailand after high-school graduation, get framed and arrested for drug trafficking, and face 33 years in jail. Bill Pullman is the expatriate lawyer who's their only hope.

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