Themes: Women in Prison, Escape From Prison, Romantic Betrayal
Main Cast: James Russo, Cynda Williams, Paul Calderon
Release Year: 1995
Country: FI/US
Run Time: 83 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In this gritty prison thriller, a passionate prison guard finds himself intimate with a sexy inmate and trouble ensues. The guard, Dan Cappelli, works in a Philadelphia jail. He has a hair-trigger violent temper and after brutally defending a fellow guard who was attacked by an inmate, is reassigned to the women's block. There he encounters Gidell, a hard-as-nails inmate convicted of money laundering. The two find themselves sexually drawn to each other and an illicit torrid affair ensues, but when Gidell's outside lover comes for a visit and mistreats her, Dan goes off like a bomb and ends up on suspension. He begins drinking and soon begins losing his sanity in the face of his self-imposed solitary confinement. When Gidell tells him she is pregnant, he helps her break out of prison. More mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Klaus Heydemann - Associate Producer, Mika Kaurismäki - Director, Mika Kaurismäki - Editor, Suzanne Pillsbury - Editor, Pekka Karjalainen - Musical Direction/Supervision, Kauko Lindfors - Musical Direction/Supervision, Jeff Cox - Production Designer, Ken Kelsch - Cinematographer, Hank Blumenthal - Producer, Ken Schwenker - Producer
