Women of San Quentin is a 1983 TV movie about female prison guards at San Quentin Prison. It was directed by William A. Graham and 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.
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
External links Women of San Quentin at IMDb