The Big Doll House (1971)

Directed by

Jack Hill

Genre

action film, women in prison film, exploitation film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Six women endure harsh conditions and abuse in a tropical prison. They plan and execute a violent escape from their captors.

grungyexploitativepulprawlow-budgetintensecampygritty

What happens

The Big Doll House is a 1971 American women-in-prison film starring Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Brooke Mills, and Pat Woodell. The film follows six female inmates through daily life in a gritty, unidentified tropical prison. Later the same year, the film Women in Cages featured a similar story and setting and much the same cast, and was shot in the same abandoned prison buildings. A nonsequel follow-up, titled The Big Bird Cage, was released in 1972. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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