Women of Devil's Island
1962 · 1h 26m · N/A
Action, Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Domenico Paolella
Overview
Italian costume drama about convicted women in France being sent to the penal colony on Devil's Island where they must wade through alligator-infested waters and find gold. Life on the island is tough for these buxom, beautifully-swept coiffed maidens - virtually none who look like they had even the slightest knowledge of crimes worthy of such a punishment. Here, if the girls want to get a day of rest they must work the night with the guards and/or warden of the island, but some changes come when Guy Madison arrives as the new warden out to change the horrible lives led by these playmate-wannabes.
Director and cast
- Domenico Paolella Director
- Guy Madison as Henri Vallière
- Michèle Mercier as Martine Foucher
- Federica Ranchi as Jeanette
- Marisa Belli as Melina
- Paul Müller as Lefèvre
- Tullio Altamura as Dubois
- Antonella Della Porta as Louise
- Gisella Arden as Maeva
- Fernando Piazza as Michael
- Margaret Rose Keil as Rosy
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