For a low-budget women-in-prison (WIP) movie this particular film wasn't that bad. Essentially, "Jacqueline Wilson" (Erica Gavin) is arrested after a scene involving a shootout with the police and is sent to a women's prison ostensibly somewhere in California. While there she meets several other female inmates most notably "Pandora" (Ella Reid), "Belle Tyson" (Roberta Collins) and "Maggie" (Juanita Brown). She also meets the warden "Superintendent McQueen" (Barbara Steele) who takes a sadistic approach to any infractions of the rules. Along with that there is also a psychotic doctor named "Dr. Randolph" (Warren Miller) who is even more demented. At any rate, while I certainly liked the presence of Roberta Collins and to a lesser extent Erica Gavin I didn't think that the talents of Barbara Steele were used as effectively as they could have been. Neither did I care for some of the cartoonish aspects in regard to Dr. Randolph. But all in all, this movie wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. But other than Roberta Collins I didn't see that much to be impressed with either. Slightly below average.
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