
03 Oct 1982

The Concrete Jungle
An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.

A young girl comes to prison and experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from big tough dangerous dames to smaller submissive ladies who are totally lost in prison life.

Egle

Lina

Vittorina

Marietta Mugnari

Assunta

Sister Giuseppina

Signora Luisa

Ida Maroni

Maresciallo del carcere

Piero

Antonio Zampi

Detenuta cartomante

Laura

Direttore del carcere

Giudice instruttore


Delia

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