Search - 99 Women [Unrated Director's Cut] on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1969 DVD Release: 02/22/2005 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Director's Cut Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Blue Underground Members Wishing: 11 Genres: Crime, Prison Film

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. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Maria Schell - Leoni
Mercedes McCambridge - Thelma
Luciana Paluzzi - Nathalie
Herbert Lom - Governor
Maria Rohm - Marie