Women of San Quentin
1983 American TV series or program
Women of San Quentin | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Larry Cohen |
Screenplay by | Mark Rodgers |
Story by | Mark Rodgers |
Directed by | William A. Graham |
Starring | Stella Stevens Debbie Allen Hector Elizondo Amy Steel Rosanna DeSoto |
Theme music composer | John Cacavas |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | David Gerber |
Producers | Stephen Cragg R. W. Goodwin |
Production location | Canon City, Colorado |
Cinematography | Robert Steadman |
Editor | Ronald J. Fagan |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production companies | David Gerber Productions MGM/UA Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | October 23, 1983 (1983-10-23) |
Women of San Quentin is a 1983 TV movie about female prison guards at San Quentin Prison. It stars Stella Stevens and Debbie Allen.
It was based on a story by Larry Cohen. He had gone to San Quentin to research a different project and was intrigued by finding a female guard there. He sold it to television but says it was rewritten and changed from the story he originally conceived.[1]
Premise
A young female prison guard finds out her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Cast
- Stella Stevens as Lieutenant Janet Alexander
- Debbie Allen as Carol Freeman
- Hector Elizondo as Captain Mike Reyes
- Amy Steel as Liz Larson
- Rosanna DeSoto as Adela Reynoso
- Gregg Henry as Williams
- William Allen Young as Larry Jennings
- Yaphet Kotto as Sergeant Therman Patterson
- Rockne Tarkington as William "Big William"
- James Gammon as Officer
- Ernie Hudson as Charles Wilson
- William Sanderson as Countee
- Marco Rodriguez as Ray Ortiz
- Tracee Lyles as Marion
- Jenny Gago as Gloria
- Ahmed Nurradin as Anthony DeHaven
- Bob Minor as J.W. Powers
References
- ^ Doyle, Michael (2015). Larry Cohen: The Stuff of Gods and Monsters. Bear Manor Media. pp. 86–87.
External links
- Women of San Quentin at IMDb
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