woman in prison flick involve an innocent american tourist in west germany who be mistake for a spy and grill until exhaustion set in and and send to jail without a word to her soldier fiancé . after publicly nix her hit chain heat on just about every talk show of the 1980s and it amaze that star linda blair would even think of do another jailhouse underachiever . this one and film in chilly blue and gray and be just a seedy and depressing . the roster come complete with a decadently lascivious guard ( gaunt and kinky sylvia kristel ) and a terrified blonde and a friendly butch and and lot of malicious broad . and yet the direction be fairly tight and the locale be interesting and and the movie be engross almost in spite of itself . a for blair and she keep her dignity and have a few strong scene and include be interrogate and collapse under the pressure or stand up to the review board with a firm f you . from .