99 Women

99 Women
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed byJesús Franco
Screenplay by
  • Jesús Franco
  • Carlo Fadda
  • Milo G. Cuccia[1][2][3]
Story byJesús Franco[1]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyManuel Merino
Edited by
Music byBruno Nicolai[1]
Production
companies
  • Hesperia Films
  • Corona Filmproduktion
  • Cineproduzioni Associate
  • Towers of London
  • Commonwealth United Productions[2][1]
Distributed by
Release dates
  • March 5, 1969 (1969-03-05) (San Francisco)
  • March 14, 1969 (1969-03-14) (West Germany)
  • June 16, 1969 (1969-06-16) (Madrid)
  • June 18, 1969 (1969-06-18) (Rome)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • West Germany
  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[1]

99 Women (German: Der heiße Tod, lit.'The Hot Death') is a 1969 women in prison film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Maria Schell, Mercedes McCambridge, Maria Rohm, Rosalba Neri, Luciana Paluzzi and Herbert Lom. One of the earliest and most financially successful examples of the genre,[2] it was produced by Harry Alan Towers as an international co-production.

The script was purchased from Robert L. Lippert.[5]