Violence in a Women's Prison (1982)

A human rights activist goes undercover in a prison to expose the corrupt officials who are mistreating the inmates. She discovers the abuse, torture and humiliation the prisoners are subjected to, which she also personally receives.

Director:

Bruno Mattei (as Vincent Dawn)

Writers:

Ambrogio Molteni (screenplay) (as Palmambrogio Molteni), Claudio Fragasso (screenplay) (as Oliver Lefait)

Stars:

Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Maria Romano

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Laura Gemser	...	Emanuelle / Laura Kendall
Gabriele Tinti	...	Doctor Moran
Maria Romano	...	Kitty
Ursula Flores	...	Consuelo
Antonella Giacomini	...	Malone
Franco Caracciolo	...	Leander
Françoise Perrot	...	Hertha
Lorraine De Selle	...	Head Warden
Jacques Stany	...	Chief Inspector
Leila Durante	...	Pilar (as Leila Ducci)
Franca Stoppi	...	Rescaut
Raul Cabrera	...	Miguel

Storyline

Emanuelle goes undercover into a prison to expose the corrupted officials who are brutalizing the inmates. Emanuelle is shocked by the horrors and humiliation the prisoners are subjected to, but when her true identity is discovered, she finds herself at the receiving end.

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Plot Keywords:

women in prison | undercover journalist | nice girl in prison | woman on top sex | sex in bed | 

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Taglines:

The strong ones take the weak ones give.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

When ' Emanuelle' = Laura (Gemser) is interrogated on arrival by the prison head, to 'encourage' proper respectful responses, the head warder- guard standing at her side jabs Gemser in her side three times with her truncheon stick: even though on slo-mo you can see it bend just slightly (so rubber prop?) Gemser's instant / pained reactions indicate that this actress's assaults weren't entirely pulled.

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Alternate Versions

The UK DVD by Vipco is uncut.

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Connections

Follows Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)

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Soundtracks

Crazy Eyes (And We'll Love Again)
Written by Bertrand Chatenet, Helen Banks and Thierry Durbet
Performed by Laura Gemser

User Reviews

Emanuelle in a cage

WIP title conceals an entry in the "Black Emanuelle" series. Journalist Em (Laura Gemser, of course) goes undercover at a women's prison to get copy for an exposé. Naturally the place is a hellhole. Gemser bares her skinny body a few times, has sex scene with Gabriele Tinti (what a surprise), dumps a bucket of feces on a guard and spends time in the hole for it, where she is rather unconvincingly chewed on by hungry rats.

Standout inmates here are a haystack hair blonde of about 30, a little overweight but it sure looks good on her, who does a lesbian exhibition to entertain a femme guard, and a tall skinny teenish brunette who is stripped and manhandled by a couple of male guards while Lorraine de Selle, in hooker undies, voyeurs from her boudoir and gets groped by her own b.f. I don't ID either of these inmates but would not mind seeing more of their work. Dubbing is so-so and tech credits about average for an Italian Poverty Row production. This seems to have an authentic US R-rating so is probably a somewhat abridged version of the original. I saw this on big screen in the early 80s and later added a copy to my own video library but it's still just a modest entry in the WIP sweepstakes.

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

April 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Caged Women

Filming Locations:

Villa Mondragone, Monte Porzio Catone, Roma, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beatrice Film, Imp.Ex.Ci., Les Films Jacques Leitienne

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min (DVD) 99 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1