Prison of Secrets

Mar 16, 1997

1h 32m

★ 4.5

She witnessed the unthinkable... She fought back with the truth.

Overview

Lynn Schaffer is willfully irresponsible once too often, gets fired and refuses a plea-bargain with her employer. She's now convicted and because of this uncooperative attitude gets the maximum sentence, 10 years in a women's jail wing. Model husband Larry, who wasn't informed of her dumb schemes is left running her appeal, the household and spoiled daughter who now feels abandoned. Since most inmates are junkies or prostitutes, sergeant Ed Crang and fellow corrupt jailers can run a 'favors in kind exchange'. For rebels, it gets worse. Larry however has his own radio show, so it all hangs on gathering proof.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Crime

Production Companies

Carroll Newman Productions

Hearst Entertainment Productions

Lifetime

Prison of Secrets Trailers

Cast

Lynn Schaffer

Stephanie Zimbalist

Angie

Finola Hughes

Larry Schaffer

Gary Frank

Carla

Rusty Schwimmer

Frannie

Kimberly Russell

Maria

Tasia Valenza

Brad

Joel Polis

Harriet

Dale Dickey

Betsy

Paige Moss

Carey

Stephanie Sawyer

Sergeant Ed Crang

Dan Lauria

Stu

Stephen Quadros

Nicole (Agnes Soral) is sent up the river for infanticide in this routine woman-in-prison feature. There she meets Marthe (Annie Girardot), a fellow murderess who receives special treatment from the warden Dessombes (Marie-Christine Barrault). The warden frames Nelly (Bernadette Lafont) for drug possession and has her thrown into solitary confinement. Sabien (Corinne Touzet) is a newcomer convicted of armed robbery who latches on to the lesbian Lucie (Milva), a longtime prisoner slated for release.

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