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Women in Prison (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 5 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

A history of women in prison films, from the mild cautionary tales of the 1930s and 1940s to the sex-and-violence epics of the 1970s and beyond.

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Release date

Jun 6, 2014 (United States)

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Phyllis Davis Sugar (archive footage) Sugar (archive footage) See fewer	Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Jonathan Demme Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jesús Franco Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
Pam Grier Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Jackie Brown (1997)
Jack Hill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
Dyanne Thorne Ilsa (archive footage) Ilsa (archive footage) See fewer	Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975)