A disgraced prison matron played by Walker regular Sheila Keith and an elderly judge named Desmond Bailey (Patrick Barr) believe that the current legal system is too lax on immorality, and thereforer start their own prison.
Their son, who is a bastard and uses the named Mark E. Desade (Robert Tayman) lures young women to the "prison" and they are tortured, whipped and then eventually hung, even for the smallest infraction of the rules.
This is a very cruel film, and yet it is also entertaining, at least it was to me. Keith is always good at playing female psychopaths and other such characters.
The movie moves along at a good pace, but I still think it would be even tighter at 90 minutes. The rest of the cast includes Barbara Markham, Ray Brooks, Ann Michelle, Dorothy Gordon and Ivor Salter.
I hadn't seen this for many years but I never forgot it. It has quite an impact on the viewer, and I would recommend this little gem. If you like the WIP genre of films, you will like this.
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