Women of San Quentin

Women of San Quentin
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.

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

External links

• Women of San Quentin at IMDb