99 Women

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99 Women
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed byJesús Franco
Screenplay by
Produced byHarry Alan Towers
Starring
CinematographyManuel Merino
Edited by
Music byBruno Nicolai
Production
companies
  • Corona Filmproduktion
  • Hesperia Films
  • Cinematografica Associati
  • Towers of London[1]
Distributed byCommonwealth United Entertainment
Release date
  • 5 March 1969 (1969-03-05)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Liechtenstein
  • West Germany
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

99 Women (

international co-production
.

The script was purchased from Robert L. Lippert.[4]

Plot

New inmate Marie arrives at an island prison in the women's sector and receives the number 99. The inmates are controlled by the sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz and Governor Santos and submitted to torture, rape, sexual harassment and abuse. When the Justice minister replaces Diaz, Marie believes that her life will improve and her case will be reopened. Marie's disappointed with the new warden and plans to escape. But their scheme fails and the abuse they've undergone had been but a paltry hint of the torture in store.

Cast

Reception

From contemporary reviews, an anonymous reviewer in the

Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed a 70-minute version.[5] The reviewer found it to be a "Crude women's prison melodrama" with a "turgid script that rambles coyly on about lesbianism, flogging and the kinky pleasures of the Governor of a men's prison", concluding that the film was "all very tame and unremittingly tedious”.[5]

Home media

On February 22, 2005,

X-rated release of the French version, featuring eight minutes of hardcore shots featuring actors not part of the film's main production was also made available.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ "99 mujeres [99 donne] (1969)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano On-Line.
  3. ^ 99 Women (X-Rated Hardcore Version) (DVD). Los Angeles, California: Blue Underground. 1969.
  4. ProQuest 155641701
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  5. ^ . April 1970. p. 83.
  6. ^ "99 WOMEN (UNRATED DIRECTOR'S CUT)". Blue Underground. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  7. ^ "99 WOMEN (X-RATED FRENCH VERSION)". Blue Underground. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

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