99 Women [CD/Blu-ray/DVD] [2 Discs]

Director: Jesus Franco, Jesùs Franco Jesus Franco

Overview

Jesus Franco's campy women's prison film, though both stereotypical and rare to find in its original version, is worthwhile for genre devotees primarily due to an outstanding cast. Mercedes McCambridge is unintentionally hilarious as sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz, spitting tacky dialogue with exuberant venom in a performance so overbearing that it verges on classic. The plot is standard for the genre, as three women (Maria Rohm, Elisa Montes, Luciana Paluzzi) are sentenced to an island prison off the Panamanian coast, only to encounter torture, rape, and lesbianism. When sympathetic Warden Caroll (Maria Schell) replaces Diaz, the prisoners assume that conditions will improve, but their agony only worsens until they decide to escape. Rosalba Neri co-stars, and Herbert Lom runs the corrupt men's prison nearby. 99 Mujeres was heavily censored in various prints, with versions running anywhere between 70 and 108 minutes. Edits running 84, 86, and 94 minutes are most commonly available.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/13/2016
UPC:	0827058801096
Original Release:	1969
Rating:	NR
Source:	Blue Underground
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	31,665

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mercedes McCambridge	Thelma
Maria Schell	Leoni
Herbert Lom	Governor
Rosalba Neri	Actor
Luciana Paluzzi	Nathalie
Maria Rohm	Marie
Sara Bay	Zoe
Elisa Montés	Helga
Maria Perschy	Actor
Bruno Nicolai	Composer

Technical Credits

Harry Towers

Jesus Franco	Director
Erwin Dietrich	Producer
Jesùs Franco	Director
Harry Towers	Producer,Screenwriter