Vergewaltigt hinter Gittern (1976)

Vergewaltigt hinter Gittern: Directed by Michael Miller. With Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Lisa Copeland, Cliff Emmich. A wrongfully imprisoned young woman accused of murdering the guard who assaulted her escapes from jail and becomes a fugitive.

“Fast, tough, and unsentimental. Sure, a potboiler like this is not going to win any awards, but itu0026#39;s got more sheer pluck and energy than twenty A-productions of the time. Pity poor Dinah Hunter (Mimieux). One minute sheu0026#39;s a bigshot ad executive in Hollywood; the next, sheu0026#39;s ducking cop bullets somewhere in fly-over country. Itu0026#39;s a yuppie nightmare all the way for poor Dinah, a steady downhill once she tries a cross-country car ride. On the way she meets homicidal kids, a chiseling waitress, a righteous cop, and a prison guard from heck. No wonder sheu0026#39;s on the run with cool dude Coley (Jones). How else can you deal with a cross section of Roger Cormanu0026#39;s rural America. Next time she better take the plane like other bi-coastal types.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCorman really hit pay dirt with hillbilly epics like Boxcar Bertha (1972), Big Bad Mama (1974), Crazy Mama (1975), and this one. One look at these and youu0026#39;d think rural America is just as bloody and hormonally driven as big city America. But these epics are also in the great tradition of the American B-movie, those cheap productions that show guts, energy, and style. Sure, a flick like JCJ is also what some might call vulgar and exploitative, which it is. Still, there can be a lot of truth even in exaggerated crowd pleasers. Besides, these drive-in specials are generally entertaining as heck, just like this one.”