Women's Prison

1955
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1h 20m

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6.5/10

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Jan Sterling, Ida Lupino, and Cleo Moore in Women's Prison (1955)

Life at a 1950s women's maximum security prison where the warden and the guards are as brutal as the inmates.

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A sadistic prison warden takes out her sexual frustration on her women inmates. While a caring physician tries to improve the jail's brutal atmosphere, a pair of rebellious inmates take matt... Read allA sadistic prison warden takes out her sexual frustration on her women inmates. While a caring physician tries to improve the jail's brutal atmosphere, a pair of rebellious inmates take matters into their own hands.A sadistic prison warden takes out her sexual frustration on her women inmates. While a caring physician tries to improve the jail's brutal atmosphere, a pair of rebellious inmates take matters into their own hands.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Due to the film's popularity in the 1980s, Sony Pictures released it in the boxed set: "Bad Girls of Film Noir: Volume II".

Goofs
During a sequence showing concurrent events at a co-ed prison (men on one side of the wall, women on the other), the women are seen in the yard in sunny weather with short-sleeved uniforms, while the men's side is rainy, with prisoners in heavy coats.

Quotes
Brenda Martin: You won't like it at first, but when you get used to it, you'll really hate it.

Connections
Referenced in Fright Night Part 2 (1988)

Soundtracks
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung by Polly when Brenda and Helene arrive at the prison

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10/10

The mother of all women's prison movies

With three of the best movie "bad girls" how can you go wrong? Jan Sterling, Cleo Taurus Moore and Audrey Totter! Add Ida Lupino as an incompetent, hard nosed warden and snivelling Phyllis Thaxter and you have movie camp magic! Its so entertaining you'll forget to wonder where the gals got girdles and tailored uniforms or how they got their roots done while in the pen.