IF TOMORROW COMES (1986)
directed by Jerry London
cast: Madolyn Smith, Tom Berenger, Liam Neeson, David Keith

 When one phone call lands a pregnant bride-to-be in jail, she vows to emerge a different woman and go after the people who framed her. A miniseries version of Sidney Sheldon's bestselling novel.

I WANT TO LIVE (1958)
directed by Robert Wise
cast: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Thodore Bikel

A memorable film from the 50's based allegedly on the true story of a woman named Barbara Graham who went to the gas chamber for a murder she swore she didn't commit. As played by Susan Hayward (who won an Oscar), Graham is a party girl and sometime thief/prostitute involved with some very shady small time crooks. An old woman is robbed and killed in the process and the crooks let Graham take the rap. Graham is also the mother of a small child---an angle played up in the press as she waves her son's toy tiger at the cameras. What sticks in your mind, though, are the scenes where she's back and forth from her death row cell to the gas chamber as she waits anxiously for a stay from the governor.

IL PISTOLERO CIECO (1971)  a.k.a. Blindman  a.k.a. Le Justicier Aveugle

Spaghetti Westerns ,A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. His business partners double cross him, selling the women to bandit Domingo. Blindman heads into Mexico in pursuit.

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ILSA:SHE WOLF OF THE SS (1974) a.k.a.  Ilsa,la louve des SS
directed by Don Edmonds
cast: Dyanne Thorne, Greg Knoph, Sandi Richman, JoJo Deville, Wolfgang Roehm

This is the first outing of Dyanne Thorne's Ilsa charachter. Rumor has it this bad taste classic was lensed on abandoned sets from Hogan's Heros. Ilsa is the comandant of a Nazi WWII prison camp where she does ghastly experiments on jewish women. She also has some men in the camp, and when they can't satisfy her sexually, she castrates them. Enter are hero of sorts. An American soldier with all the right stamina. What makes this film so disturbing (besides the Nazi theme) is how it gleefully sets up and shows each torture. 

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ILSA:HAREM KEEPER OF THE OIL SHIEKS (1976)  a.k.a  Ilsa,gardienne du Harem
Written by Langton Stafford
Directed by Don Edmonds
cast: Dyanne Thorne, Mike Thayer, Victor Alexander, Tanya Bond, Marilyn Joi

The official sequel to She Wolf has a clothed Thornne conducting slave trading. Beware of the cut version because its quite trimmed. Not really a WIP film, but contains enough high sleazery to be worthy of an entry. Spalding Gray plays a sheik!

Ilsa is the keeper of a Middle East harem, where sadistic talents are in full force for the pleasure of an Arab sheik who enjoys the use of sex slaves. Beautiful women are abducted and enslaved until a CIA agent comes to their rescue and arouses Ilsa's revenge.

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ILSA:TIGRESS OF SIBERIA (1977) a.k.a  Ilsa la tigresse du goulag  a.k.a. The Tigress
Written by Marvin McGarra
Directed by Jean Le Fleur
cast: Dyanne Thorne, Michael Morin, Tony Angelo, Terry Coady

This one makes no sense, but Dyanne Thorne gets naked alot, and there is a cool arm wrestling over chainsaws scene. Ilsa is warden of a Siberian prison in the 50's. After Stalin is ousted, so is she. Ilsa turns up some 24 years later (unaged) running a brothel in Canada.

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ILSA:THE WICKED WARDEN (1977) a.k.a. Greta The Mad Butcher    a.k.a. Greta The Torturer   a.k.a. Wanda The Wicked Warden  a.k.a. Ilsa-Ultimate Power   a.k.a. Ilsa-Ultimate Torture
directed by: Jess Franco
cast: Dyanne Thorne, Lina Romay, Tanya Busselier, Eric Falk

This is the last Ilsa film which led to Dyanne Thorne taking up a Vegas career. Man, this one is sleazy. Ilsa runs a clinic/concentration camp in the jungle for nymphos. She is also torturing rebels in the basement. One highlight (or low point) has Ilsa using a females tongue for toilet paper! Ilsa's 4 film reign of terror comes to an end when she is cannibalized.    

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IMPRISONED WOMEN (1975) a.k.a. Cage Without A Key

Directed by: Buzz Kulick
cast: Susan Dey, Jonelle Adams, Sam Bottoms, Michael Brandon

Susan Dey plays a teenager mistakenly convicted for murder (some mistake!) She is sentenced to a grim woman's penal institution straight out of a Linda Blair movie. As she struggles against the iniquities of prison life, her friends and relatives on the outside fight for justice.there's no nudity in this film. The closest thing to nudity is Susan's bare back. There's a teeny bit of fisticuffs, and one stabbing at the end of the movie. That's as brutal as this one gets. No lesbian warden. No rapes by the male guards. Only one lesbian attack which is quickly ended when a member of Susan's "family" intervenes.

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INDICTMENT: The McMartin Trial  (1995)

directed by Mick Jackson

Cast : James Wood

In 1983, a worried mother phoned the police claiming that her little boy had been abused at his day-care center. This simple call led to an investigation of the McMartin family, who ran the center, and several members of their staff. The only problem was, the initial accuser had a prior history of leveling abuse charges -- and these defendants were not guilty.
INDICTMENT: THE MCMARTIN TRIAL follows the series of events that unfolded after the initial complaint: the vigorous interrogations led by a zealous but inexperienced social worker (in which the young interviewees began to spin increasingly fanciful tales), and the persistent prosecution led by a stubborn D.A. who would not listen to her co-workers' growing doubts.

L'INNOCENTE (2001)

cast ; Christele Tual

INTERROGATION (1982)  a.k.a. Przesluchanie
directed by Richard Bugajski
cast: Krystyna Janda, Adam Janda, Agnieszka Holland

 A Polish cabaret star is forced into a Stalinist prison under false charges.

"Interrogation" was banned by the Polish government when completed in 1982. Poland was under martial law at the time.Two things are certain about this powerful and worthwhile film: it is relentless in showing the psychological cruelty of a Polish female imprisoned by the secret police in 1951 and it's not for everyone as it lacks entertainment value. But if you're politically motivated and have the grit to sit through such a harrowing tale, then you will be rewarded with an intelligent work that suggests Orwell and Kafka. Though set in the 1950s the same political oppression resembles Jaruzelski's Poland of the 1980s. 

 ISLAND OF IMPRISONED WOMEN (1961) a.k.a. Women Prisoners of Devil's Island   a.k.a. L'ile aux filles perdues  a.k.a.  Le prigioniere dell'isola del Diavolo
directed by Domenico Paoletta

cast michelle Mercier

This is an odd blend of the women-in-prison and swashbuckler genres, allegedly "groundbreaking" in its day. In actuality, it's a pretty tame film. The usual women-in-prison cliches are mixed with a treasure, corrupt jailors, and anti-hero pirates. "Ahoy, maties! You'll need a cup 'o' java to keep ya awake!" Colorful, but sleep-inducing. American ex-cowboy star Guy Madison leads the cast.

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ISLAND WOMEN (1980)  a.k.a Gefangene frauen a.k.a. Prisonnières de l'île aux rats 
directed by: Erwin C. Dietrich
cast: Brigette Lahaie, Nadine Pascal, Karin Gambier, France Romay*
In a South American country the 'El President; decides he has to hide the prostitutes who work in his brothels. His plaything, Karine Gambier suggests he had the girls 'arrested' and brought to an island prison where she plays the warden who must keep the girls in line. There the prisoners are subjected to the usual women-in-prison disciplinary actions.
There's an abundance of nudity in this fine exploitation film from Erwin Dietrich that has a little bit of everything for fans of Euro-Trash.  

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