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Quick Info

Rating

5.9/10

Release1974

Runtime1h 42m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Peter Walker (Heritage) Ltd.

Miracle Films

Movie

House of Whipcord

1974

1h 42m

5.9

Horror

Synopsis

Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their crimes. Here they mete out their own form of justice and ensure that the girls never return to their old ways.

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