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Women Behind Bars

Original title: Des diamants pour l'enfer
  • 1975
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
849
YOUR RATING
Women Behind Bars (1975)
FrenchCrimeThriller

A criminal attempts insurance fraud and diamond heist. His girlfriend kills him, gets imprisoned, and undergoes involuntary electric shock treatments.A criminal attempts insurance fraud and diamond heist. His girlfriend kills him, gets imprisoned, and undergoes involuntary electric shock treatments.A criminal attempts insurance fraud and diamond heist. His girlfriend kills him, gets imprisoned, and undergoes involuntary electric shock treatments.

  • Director
    • Jesús Franco
  • Writer
    • Marius Lesoeur
  • Stars
    • Lina Romay
    • Martine Stedil
    • Nathalie Chape
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    849
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jesús Franco
    • Writer
      • Marius Lesoeur
    • Stars
      • Lina Romay
      • Martine Stedil
      • Nathalie Chape
    • 13User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Lina Romay
    Lina Romay
    • Shirley Fields
    Martine Stedil
    Martine Stedil
    • Martine
    • (as Martine Steed)
    Nathalie Chape
      Roger Darton
      • Milton Warren
      Ronald Weiss
      • Carlo de Bries
      Denis Torre
      • Jailer
      Frieda Altstadt
      Raymond Hardy
      • Gangster Boss
      Jesús Franco
      Jesús Franco
      • Bill
      • (as Clifford Brown)
      Joëlle Le Quément
      • Cora
      • (as Joëlle Le Quement)
      • Director
        • Jesús Franco
      • Writer
        • Marius Lesoeur
      • All cast & crew
      • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

      User reviews13

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      Storyline

      Did you know

      • Trivia
        The film was one of 72 titles banned in the UK as a video nasty by the DPP.
      • Goofs
        (at around 1h 8 mins) The car used in the robbery at the beginning is the same car used at the end of the film by Shirley after she's come out of prison.
      • Connections
        Featured in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

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      Details

      • Release date
        • 1975 (France)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • Belgium
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Hell Diamonds
      • Filming locations
        • Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
      • Production companies
        • Brux International Pictures
        • Eurociné
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      Tech specs

      • Runtime
        • 1h 15m(75 min)
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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