Femmes en prison

Original title: 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 Femmes en 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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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 Vampire... vous avez dit vampire ? II (1988)

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

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Featured review

7/10

Not "Caged" But Good On Its Own Terms

Ida Lupino gets one of her juiciest roles here. It may not be one of her subtlest but she gets to sink her teeth into it. She is the conniving, heartless, loveless warden of the title institution.

The inmates include blowzy dames from various studios. It's a great cast. We have Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, and Cleo Moore. Moore is sans Hugo Haas.

It's a trifle hard to believe the plot. A co-ed prison where the women are abused. But though it may not be terribly cogent, it's strong. It's forceful.

Early in the movie Juanita Hall, playing a character named Polly, is introduced. She says she was named after the hospital where she was born: Polyclinic. Hey, I was born there, too. Maybe I should have been named Clint.

Watch this one. It's not campy. It can be taken very seriously. But it's also fun to see all these dolls cracking wise and playing tough.