Barbed Wire Dolls

Apr 22, 1976

1h 21m

★ 4.6

Welcome to prison, Ladies!

Overview

Maria, an unfortunate young woman, kills her rapist father in self-defense, and is later tried, sentenced, and shipped off to a woman's penitentiary where she and her fellow inmates are subjected to psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of a psychotic lesbian warden.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

Elite Film

Barbed Wire Dolls Trailers

Cast

Maria da Guerra

Lina Romay

Carlos Costa

Paul Müller

The Wardress

Monica Swinn

Milton Warren

Roger Darton

The Warden

Ronald Weiss

Bertha Contrini

Martine Stedil

Nestor

Eric Falk

Pompadour

Peggy Markoff

José

Raymond Hardy

Rosaria Cortina

Beni Cardoso

Maria's Father (uncredited)

Jesús Franco

Nathalie Mann

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