Sweet Sugar (film)
| Sweet Sugar | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michel Levesque |
| Starring | Phyllis Davis |
Production company | Dimension Productions |
| Distributed by | Dimension Pictures |
Release date | 1972 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sweet Sugar is a 1972 women in prison exploitation film directed by Michel Levesque and starring Phyllis Davis. It is about a woman sentenced to work on a chain gang.[1]
Plot
A prostitute, Sugar Bowman, agrees to serve two years working on a sugar-cane plantation rather than go to jail on a trumped-up drug charge. She arrives with new inmate Simone and encounters brutal guard Burgos and a maniacal plantation owner known only as Dr. John.
After using a machete in the field, Sugar is forced to undergo Dr. John's medical experiments. A new 17-year-old prisoner, Dolores, is raped. After being caught in an intimate situation with Carlos, a guard, Sugar is to be whipped, but when Carlos refuses, he is shot by Burgos.
The female inmates attempt to hide and protect Mojo, another guard, but the racist Dr. John burns him at the stake. Sugar escapes and frees Simone from a wooden cage in which she has been imprisoned. While fleeing, the mortally wounded Simone crashes her jeep deliberately with Dr. John in it, killing both. Sugar succeeds in escaping for good.
Cast
- Phyllis Davis as Sugar Bowman
- Ella Edwards as Simone
- Timothy Brown as Mojo
- Pamela Collins as Dolores
- Cliff Osmond as Burgos
- Angus Duncan as Dr. John
- Jackie Giroux as Fara Ramirez
- Darl Severns as Carlos
- Albert Cole as Max
- James Houghton as Rick
- James Whitworth as Mario
Reception
The film was given 1/4 stars by film critic Roger Ebert.[2] Cultsploitation.com writer Ryne Barber was much more forgiving, calling it a "fast-moving film that is, most of all, fun despite ridiculous scenarios and a lot of unexplained plot somersaults."[3]
See also
References
- ^ Sweet Sugar at Roger Ebert
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "Sweet Sugar Movie Review & Film Summary (1972) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ "Sweet Sugar Review (Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray) - Cultsploitation". Cultsploitation. 2018-02-17. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
External links
- Sweet Sugar at IMDb
- Sweet Sugar at TCMDB
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