99 Women
99 Women is a 1969 women in prison film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Maria Schell, Mercedes McCambridge, Maria Rohm, Rosalba Neri, Luciana Paluzzi and Herbert Lom. One of the earliest and most financially successful examples of the genre, it was produced by Harry Alan Towers as an international co-production.
Plot
New inmate Marie arrives at an island prison in the women's sector and receives the number 99. The inmates are controlled by the sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz and Governor Santos and submitted to torture, rape, sexual harassment and abuse. When the Justice minister replaces Diaz, Marie believes that her life will improve and her case will be reopened. Marie's disappointed with the new warden and plans to escape. But their scheme fails and the abuse they've undergone had been but a paltry hint of the torture in store.
More details
| author | Harry Alan Towers Jesús Franco |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | South America |
| director | Jesús Franco |
| editor | Bruno Mattei Hans Zeiler |
| keywords | island prison sexual harassment |
| musicBy | Bruno Nicolai |
| producer | Harry Alan Towers |
| productionCompany | Cinematografica Associati Corona Filmproduktion Hesperia Films Towers of London |
| publisher | Commonwealth United Entertainment |
| theme | women in prison |