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14 October 1988 (USA)
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Two Peace Corps volunteers in Africa are framed and put into an oppressive women's prison. | add synopsis
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John Newland????
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tanya Roberts | ... | Carly Arnold |
 | Julie Pop | ... | Melanie |
 | Hal Orlandini | ... | Bledsoe |
| Adrienne Pierce | ... | Janine (as Adrienne Pearse) |
| Marie Human | ... | Kirsten |
| Rufus Swart | ... | Paul Cricks |
| David Sherwood | ... | Stern |
| Clare Marshall | ... | Ruth Arnold |
| Gert Van Niekirk | ... | Hans |
| Anthony 'Speedo' Wilson | ... | Soldier |
| Mandy Tshbalah | ... | Prison matron |
| Mbali Hlatshwayo | ... | Police matron |
| Sello Moikangoa | ... | Photographer |
| Winston Gama | ... | Simpson |
| James Winkler | ... | Colonel Mays |
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Purgatory: The Naked Cell (Philippines: English title)
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89 min
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Iceland:16 |
UK:18 |
USA:Open (rating surrendered: 1989) |
USA:R (original rating: 1988) |
Philippines:R-18
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This truly crappy women-in-prison flick looks like a leftover from the 1970s. Like so many of that genre, it was shot in the Philippines. One difference; instead of a totally no-name cast, it has Tanya Roberts, the erstwhile Charlie's Angel. Hold your Oscar nominations, please.
Though none exists, this movie could easily be subtitled, "Carly and Melanie Go to Africa and Get Gang Raped." That's pretty much the size of it. Sadly, poor Melanie drops out in the first twenty minutes, so that leaves Carly ( Roberts ) to fend for herself against a bunch of really yucky people. They're yucky, she's plucky. The outcome is predictable.
Lots of people get killed along the way, not that anyone really cares. The biggest question remains: What is John Newland doing in this dreck? Yes, that's right; the same John Newland who hosted the Sci-Fi TV classic from the 1950s, "One Step Beyond". He's dead now, so it's impossible to ask him. One can only imagine that his last wish was to have his name deleted from the credits. That appears to have been granted.