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Wikipedia article




'99 Women' is a 1969 women in prison film directed by Jess Franco and starring Maria Schell, Mercedes McCambridge, Maria Rohm, Rosalba Neri, Luciana Paluzzi and Herbert Lom. One of the earliest and most financially successful examples of the genre, it was produced by Harry Alan Towers as an international co-production.

The script was purchased from Robert L. Lippert.

Cast



* Herbert Lom as Governor Santos

* Mercedes McCambridge as Thelma Diaz

* Maria Schell as Leonie Caroll

* Maria Rohm as Marie, #99

* Rosalba Neri as Zoie, #76

* Elisa Montes as Helga, #97

* Luciana Paluzzi as Natalie Mendoza, #98

* Valentina Godoy as Rosalie, #81

* Jos Maria Blanco as Doctor

Reception



From contemporary reviews, an anonymous reviewer in the 'Monthly Film Bulletin' reviewed a 70-minute version. The reviewer found it to be a "Crude women's prison melodrama" with a "turgid script that rambles coyly on about lesbianism, flogging and the kinky pleasures of the Governor of a men's prison", concluding that the film was "all very tame and unremittingly tedious."

Home media



On February 22, 2005, Blue Underground released an unrated DVD of the English-language director's cut featuring an interview and talent biography with Franco, deleted and alternate scenes, a poster and still gallery and the film's trailer. Alongside this, an X-rated release of the French version, featuring eight minutes of hardcore shots featuring actors not part of the film's main production was also made available.

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