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Purgatory

 
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Purgatory

  • Director: Ami Artzi
  • AMG Rating: star
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Prison Film, Escape Film
  • Themes: Prison Life, Suicide, Rape & Sexual Abuse
  • Main Cast: Tanya Roberts, Julie Pop, Hal Orlandini
  • Release Year: 1989
  • Country: US/AT
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Carly Arnold (Tanya Roberts) is happily spreading goodness and light as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa when she and her pal Melanie (Julie Pop) run afoul of the local, highly corrupt, justice system. Despite numerous bribes by her mother Ruth (Clare Marshall), the two girls receive an eleven-year sentence on phony charges of drug-peddling. They are sentenced to serve their time at a prison run by a dissolute warden (Hal Orlandini) who typically employs his better looking female prisoners as prostitutes. Melanie kills herself after being gang-raped by guards, and Carly, realizing she'll get no help from the U.S. Embassy, has no choice but to escape. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Tanya Roberts - Carly Arnold
  • Julie Pop - Melanie
  • Hal Orlandini - Bledsoe

Credit

Ami Artzi - Director, Skip Schoolnik - Editor, Julain Laxton - Composer (Music Score), Tom Frisby Fraser - Cinematographer, Ami Artzi - Producer, Dimitri Villard - Producer

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