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Women's Prison (1955)

Rating:No Rating
Release Date:January 1, 1955
Running time:80 minutes
Cast:Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter, Mae Clark
Director:Lewis Seiler

Description: 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) tries to improve conditions for the women, he too is targetted for destruction by the vituperous Ms. VanZant. The cast includes such perennial hard-boiled dames as Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter, Gertrude Michael and Mae Clarke. Not taken very seriously in the first place, Women's Prison was elevated to the level of high camp by youthful film buffs of the 1960s and 1970s.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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