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Women of San Quentin
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Wikipedia article
'Women of San Quentin' is a 1983 TV movie about female prison guards at San Quentin Prison. It stars Stella Stevens and Debbie Allen.
It was based on a story by Larry Cohen. He had gone to San Quentin to research a different project and was intrigued by finding a female guard there. He sold it to television but says it was rewritten and changed from the story he originally conceived.
Premise
A young female prison guard finds out her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Cast
* Stella Stevens as Lieutenant Janet Alexander
* Debbie Allen as Carol Freeman
* Hector Elizondo as Captain Mike Reyes
* Amy Steel as Liz Larson
* Rosanna DeSoto as Adela Reynoso
* Gregg Henry as Williams
* William Allen Young as Larry Jennings
* Yaphet Kotto as Sergeant Therman Patterson
* Rockne Tarkington as William "Big William"
* James Gammon as Officer
* Ernie Hudson as Charles Wilson
* William Sanderson as Countee
* Marco Rodriguez as Ray Ortiz
* Tracee Lyles as Marion
* Jenny Gago as Gloria
* Ahmed Nurradin as Anthony DeHaven
* Bob Minor as J.W. Powers
References
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