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LADIES THEY TALK
ABOUT (1933)
a.k.a. Women In Prison
Directed by Howard Bretherton and William Keighley
Starring Barbara
Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess,
Barbara Stanwyck
does time for her involvement with gangsters. This film is
based on the experiences of actress Dorothy Mackaye who was ent to prison
after her husband was killed in a fight with actor Paul Kelley. Mackaye went
on to adapt the incident into a play called Women In Prison.
LADY IN RED (1979)
directed by: Lewis Teague
cast: Pamela
Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher, Dick Miller, Mary Wornov, Christopher
Lloyd
This female gangster film holds a special place in my heart. When I was a kid we would gather at a friends house on weekend nights. It was the dawn of cable television. HBO would only come on at night, and even if you didn't have it you can adjust the fine tunning on your television and pick it up. The signal was awful, but for kids waiting to see breast or violence it was worth the endurance. Lady In Red was of our favorites, we relished the images of a naked Nancey Drew. Lady Red still holds up today as great B-movie trash. Pamela Sue Martin rises from poverty to become John Dillinger's girl which can only lead to one place. Yep...up the river. She eventually escapes and becomes the title character, pulling heist of her own.
LADY IN THE DEATH
HOUSE(1944)
cast: Jean Parker, Lionel Atwell, Marcia Mae Jones
A woman unjustly accused of murder is sentenced to be
executed. Her only hope is a man, convinced of her innocence who is slowly
gathering proof and battling the clock. An exciting finale builds when he rushes
back to save her as she is brought to the execution chamber.
LARKS
ON A STRING (Czech, 1969)
directed by Jiri Menzel
cast : Jitka Zelenohorska
Love can be found
anywhere, even in a communist labor camp.
A motley crew of workers discover solidarity after two young people fall for
each other and decide to marry. Even the most stoic guards in this constricted
environment find the romantic duo irresistible. As the participants make
preparations for a wedding and an on-site honeymoon, the secret police lurk in
the background.
The hopeful inmates, however, are determined not to compromise their
individuality or their humanity.
LAST DANCE (1996)
directed by: Bruce Bresford
cast: Sharon Stone,
Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Peter Gallagher
This big budget
con on death row flick centers on the spoiled lawyer Rick Hayes played by Morrow.
Hayes is given a position with the Florida appeals department. Peter Gallagher,
sporting one of the worst Southern accents since Gone With the Wind,
plays his older brother who is in league with the Governor's political machine.
Morrow's first case is Death Row inmate Cindy Liggett (Stone), and as could
be expected he runs hurdles for her stay of execution.
The moments leading up to her execution had me wide eyed, but lookout here comes
the Hollywood convention. Yeah, after a decent build up, the poop got to deep
in the pants for this production. What had built up as a pretty engaging story
decided to go for the boo hoo Dead Poets Society type string pulling antics.
The best scene in Last Dance involves the meeting between Hayes and death row
con Reese, played by an uncredited Charles S. Dutton. Reese is also trying to
get a stay of execution. while on death row he has managed to earn a degree
from Harvard, and publish a book that made the New York times bestseller list.
His charchter states that he will be the one to get a stay of execution
because he has rehabilitated and marketed himself. Reese is right, his story
is much more interesting than everyone else in this film, and it's a shame that
his story isn't more developed.
LINDA (1980)
a.k.a. Captive
women
a.k.a. Orgia
de Ninfor\manas
a.k.a. Orgy
of the nymphomaniacs
a.k.a. Naked
Super witches Of The Rio Amour
directed by: Jack
Griffin (a.k.a. Jess Franco)
cast: Raquel Evans, Robert Foster,
Katja Bienert, Bea Fidler
Tale of a bitch
who beats women into submission, so she can use them in her S&M club. Not
totally a WIP film, but still pretty cool.
LOCKED UP - A Mother's Rage (1991)
Directed
by Bethany Rooney
cast Cheryl Ladd
Annie Gallagher (Cheryl Ladd), a single mom of three, has just been framed by her cocaine-dealing friend for a crime she didn't commit. See how she stands up not only to her fellow inmates but to the entire justice system! Her actions help bring about better visitation rights for the children of incarcerated mothers. Based on a true story.
LOVERS OF DEVIL'S
ISLAND (1972)
a.k.a. Los Amantes
De La Isla Del Diablo
a.k.a. Quartier de
Femmes
a.k.a.
Violenze Erotiche In Un Carcere Femminile
directed by: Jess
Franco
cast: Dennis
Price, Andres Resino, Genevieve Delorie
The story is told in flashback, with Josiane Gibert
explaining how she ended up where she is.Dennis
Price, as lawyer Lenzi, has little to do but write letters and talk on the
phone, but he looks better than in his later productions for Franco. Genevieve
Deloir is a fetching heroine, and it's always nice to see Anne Libert (as a
deaf-mute) and Britt Nichols in a Franco film. Rosa Palomar plays the warden,
and Howard Vernon makes an appearance as a corrupt general. It would also be
interesting to see how those who've confused Josiane Gibert with Anne Libert to
explain both of their presence in a Franco film!!!!:)The
sex and sadism quotient isn't as high as Franco's later WIP films, but it also
doesn't seem quite as exploitive either, if that makes any sense.
LOVE CAMP (1977)
a.k.a. Camp Erotique
a.k.a. Frauen im liebeslager
directed by: Jess Franco
cast: NandaVan
Bergen, Ada Tauler, Monika Kaelin
A group of women are kidnapped
by guerrillas and brought to a jungle brothel where they are forced to work as
prostitutes for the soldiers. Those who refuse to cooperate are decapitated by
the cruel, sadistic wardress (Nanda Van Bergen) of the camp, who is privately
interested in some of the women herself.One day guerrilla leader Gino da Guerra
(Wal Davies), who came up with the idea of opening the brothel for his soldiers,
visits the place in search of some fun with one of the “prisoners” (Ada Tauler).
However he falls in love with her and tries to help her to escape. But he didn’t
take into account the sadistic wardress who has also developed an interest in
the girl…
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LOVE CAMP 7 (1968)
a.k.a.
Camp 7-Lager Femminile
directed by: R.L. Frost
The story of "Love Camp 7" is based on fact. Two young
American W.A.C. Officers volunteer to throw themselves into the unspeakable
indignities and horrifying humiliation of a Nazi Love Camp. These camps were
used entirely to service the pleasures and perversions of the Nazi Front Line
Officers. Then at 03.00 hours on the fifth day, the area French Resistance was
scheduled to break them free...
LOVE CHILD (1982)
directed by: Larry
Peerce
cast: Amy Madigan,
Beau Bridges, Mackensie Phillips
"Love Child" tells the
true story of Terry Jean Moore. As a teenager Terry went to prison for 15 years
for armed robbery. But after setting fire to her mattress, the rebellious and
unruly Terry was transferred into a different correctional facility, with five
years added to her sentence. At the new jail, Terry met Jack Hansen, a guard
with whom she had an affair. When Terry became pregnant with Jack's child, she
declared that is was her intention to have the baby in prison -- no matter how
hard anyone tried to stop her.
LUST FOR FREEDOM
(1987)
a.k.a.
Georgia County Lockup
directed by: Eric Louzil
cast: Melanie
Coll, William Kulzer, Judy Trevor, Dee Boohler
Somewhere in the middle
of nowhere, there is a town so sinister and so evil, that visitors who dare
cross its borders become forever lost in the swamp of its corruption. Criminals,
mobsters, and misfits run the town, and innocent visitors become their slaves.