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Mood:
- BleakRoughTenseDisturbingEmotionalCaptivating
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Plot:
- RehabilitationPrison LifeWrongfully CommittedRighting the WrongedConfinedLegalLife is a BitchCriminal Heroes more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 60s
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Place:
- Prison
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- GoryStrong Female Presence
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- Remake
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House of Women, 1962
English
USA
Profile of House of Women
The mood of House of Women is bleak, tense, and rough. The plot centers around a character who has been wrongfully committed, rehabilitation, and prison life. It is a drama movie. Stylistically, House of Women stars a strong female character and is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a prison. House of Women happens in the 1960s. Visually, it is black and white. It is a remake.
Summary of House of Women
An inferior remake of the 1950 women's prison classic CAGED, HOUSE OF WOMEN stars Knight as an innocent, very pregnant woman convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Once her baby is born, Knight is allowed to keep the child, but if Knight has not been paroled after three years, the child will be put up for adoption. The jail's sadistic warden, Duggan, takes a liking to Knight and makes her his maid. Because of his deepening love for Knight, Duggan even begins to treat the other inmates better. Three years pass quickly, and it appears certain that model prisoner Knight will be paroled and allowed to keep her child. However, Duggan is so distraught at the thought of losing Knight that he prevents her parole and denies all prison mothers custody of their babies, prompting a bloody uprising by the inmates. Through her heroism and good sense, Knight ends the revolt, and the newspaper coverage of the event leads to her release and Duggan's firing.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 11 April 1962 |
| Runtime: | 85 min |
Cast and Crew
as Erica Hayden
as Warden Frank Cole
as Sophie Brice
as Candy Ball
