House of Walker - Pete Walker & Jonathan Rigby Q&A House of Whipcord Part 1
Part of Cigarette Burns Cinema's Pete Walker retrospective - The House of Walker at the Barbican, London, UK, Nov 2014
House of Whipcord (UK 1974 Dir Pete Walker 102 min) + ScreenTalk with Pete Walker and Jonathan Rigby – Sat 22 Nov
Coaxed to an ominous country house, model Anne-Marie (Penny Irving) finds herself trapped in a makeshift girls prison ruled by a retired judge, the blind Justice Bailey. As his sadistic wife (Sheila Keith) subjects the inmates to cruel and unusual punishments, Walker's sleazy masterpiece becomes a powerful condemnation of the justice system.
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