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Purgatory

Purgatory (1988)

Action | 89 minutes
2,10 15 votes

Genre: Action / Drama

Duration: 89 minuten

Country: South Africa

Directed by: Ami Artzi

Stars: Tanya Roberts, Julie Pop and Hal Orlandini

IMDb score: 3,9 (415)

Releasedate: 12 October 1988

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Purgatory plot

"Arrested 7,000 miles from home. Sentenced for a crime she didn’t commit."

Carly and Melanie are on vacation in South Africa. They pick up a hitchhiker and come across a military checkpoint. There the hitchhiker runs away, is shot and the soldiers discover a shipment of drugs. Both women are arrested. In the prison, run by the riotous director Bledsoe, they are treated like prostitutes. Melanie commits suicide after being gang-raped, causing Carly to realize she's going to get no help from the US Embassy and has no option but to escape.

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Tanya Roberts Tanya Roberts

Carly Arnold

Julie Pop Julie Pop

Melanie

Hal Orlandini Hal Orlandini

Bledsoe

Adrienne Pearce Adrienne Pearce

Janine (as Adrienne Pearse)

Marie Human Marie Human

Kirsten

Rufus Swart Rufus Swart

Paul Cricks

David Sherwood David Sherwood

Stern

Clare Marshall Clare Marshall

Ruth Arnold

Gert Van Niekirk Gert Van Niekirk

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