Women of San Quentin

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