The Big Doll House

1971
R
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Beautiful women prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison, until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with the reluctant help of two male fruit vendors.

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Beautiful female prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with reluctant help from two male fruit vendors.Beautiful female prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with reluctant help from two male fruit vendors.Beautiful female prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with reluctant help from two male fruit vendors.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Kathryn Loder had to be hospitalized after becoming seriously ill during the shooting of this film. Loder slipped into a coma while being treated at the hospital and almost died. Fortunately, the doctors discovered that Loder had diabetes and gave her insulin treatment which enabled her to make a complete recovery.

Goofs
When Harrad shoots drugs into her leg, she just inserts the syringe and pulls it out without actually depressing the plunger.

Quotes
Alcott: Hello, Fred.
Fred: Hi!
Alcott: You were looking at me through the window.
[licks her lips]
Alcott: Weren't you?
Fred: No, eh, yeah... I...
Alcott: Did you like what you saw?
Fred: Yeah, but I-I mean...
Alcott: [shows her breasts] Then why don't you take it?
[she brandishes a knife]
Alcott: Come on, lover boy, get to work!
[he tries to kiss her]
Alcott: No time for that stuff!
Fred: Ok.
[he starts to take off his shirt]
Alcott: Not the shirt, stupid. Get it up or I'll cut it off!

Alternate versions
The 18-rated UK release of this film was cut by 10 seconds by the BBFC.

Connections
Edited into Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

Soundtracks
Long-time Woman
Composed by Hall Daniels
Performed by Pam Grier

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Featured review

Enjoyable chicks'n'chains movie.

'The Big Doll House' may not be the first women in prison movie of the 1970s but it was one of the most influential, kicking off the short lived but legendary Made-in-the-Philippines-but-set-in-some-nameless-Banana-republic cycle. The tape I watched was part of "The Pam Grier Collection" but to say Grier is the STAR of this movie is an exaggeration. Judy Brown is the star and Roberta Collins is equally important as Grier. But Brown didn't do all that much after this, and Collins is only remembered by exploitation buffs (for 'Caged Heat', 'Death Race 200' and 'Eaten Alive'), while Grier became a blaxploitation icon. That's cool, but let's not fool ourselves here. As enjoyable as it is watching Pam in this one she really doesn't do all that much. Jack Hill regular Sid Haig ('Spider Baby') has some memorable and amusing schtick with her. He plays a horny guy who brings the female prisoners food and other treats for cash. Grier and Haig obviously made a great team, and Hill would exploit this in his even more enjoyable 'The Big Bird Cage', which isn't a sequel to this movie as many seem to think. 'Bird Cage' is the better movie, but 'Doll House' is still a pretty good movie that any fan of 1970s b-grade movies will get a kick out of.