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Escape from Hell (1980 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Escape from Hell' (also known as 'Hell Prison', 'I'm Coming Your Way' and 'Femmine infernali') is a 1980 thriller film distributed by Variety Distribution.
While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film (titled 'Hell Prison') was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.
Plot
A group of abused, scantily-clad female prisoners devise a plan to rebel against their oppressors and escape from their penitentiary.
Cast
*Anthony Steffen - Doctor Farrell
*Ajita Wilson - Zaira
*Cristina Lay - Vivienne
*Cintia Lodetti - Katie
*Luciano Pigozzi - The Warden
*Serafino Profumo - Martinez
*Maite Nicote - Mary (credited as Maite Nicott)
*Yael Forti - Marika
*Zaira Zoccheddu - Lucy
*Adelaide Cendra - Female inmate 1
*Angela Martinelli - Female inmate 2
*Gilberto Galimberti - Luis
*Anna Maria Panaro - Marie Antoinette, the madwoman
*Robert Spafford - Martinez (voice) (uncredited)
Censorship in Britain
When submitted for cinema release in Britain in December 1980 under the title 'Escape From Hell' the BBFC refused it a certificate. The following year a heavily edited version, retitled 'I'm Coming Your Way' and running 66 minutes, was passed without further cuts. It was later submitted for VHS in 1988, now retitled 'Hell Prison' and in its complete form, and received 3 mins 46 secs of cuts to scenes of sexual violence.
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