Terminal Island

Jun 22, 1973

1h 28m

★ 5.4

Men and Women... Black and White. Taken From Death Row - Condemned to Devil's Island, U.S.A., Where Living is Worse Than Dying!

Overview

In the wake of a Supreme Court decision to outlaw the death penalty, California passes an initiative that designates San Bruno island as a dumping spot for first-degree murder convicts, free to do what they like except leave. The main camp of convicts is controlled by the tyrannical Bobby, who rules with an iron hand, and the women are used as sex slaves. A.J. and a group of more free-minded murderers have escaped and gone into hiding. When A.J. and his men liberate the women from Bobby's custody, tensions mount to an all-out confrontation for control of the island.

Genres

Action

Drama

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Dimension Pictures

Terminal Island Trailers

Cast

A.J. Thomas

Don Marshall

Joy Lang

Phyllis Davis

Carmen Simms

Ena Hartman

Lee Phillips

Marta Kristen

Bunny Campbell

Barbara Leigh

Easy

Randy Boone

Bobby

Sean Kenney

Dr. Norman Milford

Tom Selleck

Monk

Roger E. Mosley

Chino

Geoffrey Deuel

Cornell

Ford Clay

Newswoman

Jo Morrow

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