{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Bikini Chain Gang.jpeg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = | creator = | based_on = | writer = Fred Olen Ray | screenplay = | story = | director = Fred Olen Ray | starring = {{Plainlist| * Beverly Lynne * Nicole Sheridan * Jay Richardson * Evan Stone * Belinda Gavin * Peter Spellos * Don Donason * Eric Spudic * Brooke Banner * Jassie * Trevor Zen * Brooke Haven }} | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Anthony Francis | country = United States | language = English | num_episodes = | producer = Kimberly A. Ray | editor = Edward Torres | cinematography = T. Max Montgomery | runtime = 80 minutes | company = American Independent Productions | budget = | network = | released = {{Start date|2004}} }}
'''''Bikini Chain Gang''''' is a 2004 American made for cable women in prison erotic film written and directed by Fred Olen Ray (under the pseudonym name Nicholas Juan Medina).<ref>{{Citation |title=Bikini Chain Gang (2005) {{!}} MUBI |url=https://mubi.com/pt/pt/films/bikini-chain-gang |access-date=2024-01-05 |language=pt}}</ref>
== Plot == Jessie is accused of theft and, although she is innocent, she is sent for 5 years in prison. There, all female inmates are dressed in bikinis and subject to constant sexual harassment by the guards.
== Production == The film was produced by American Independent Productions and distributed by Image Entertainment and New City Releasing.<ref>{{cite web |last=Topel |first=Fred |date=27 October 2014 |title=After Midnight: Fred Olen Ray on Strip Clubs & Chainsaw Hookers |url=http://www.craveonline.com/site/780405-midnight-fred-olen-ray-strip-clubs-chainsaw-hookers |access-date=1 January 2017 |website=Crave Online}}</ref>
== Release == It was broadcast Cinemax and Showtime.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
=== Home video === It was released as double feature with ''Bikini Airways'' in 2005.<ref>{{Citation |title=Bikini Chain Gang / Bikini Airways DVD (Double Feature) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Bikini-Chain-Gang-and-Bikini-Airways-DVD/276741/ |access-date=2024-01-05}}</ref>
== Reception == The film is considered part of a cult softcore bikini informal film series, all directed by Ray.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Andrews |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZN9kAAAAMAAJ&q=bikini+airways |title=Soft in the Middle: The Contemporary Softcore Feature in Its Contexts |date=2006 |publisher=Ohio State University Press |isbn=978-0-8142-1022-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bETnE2hkrX0C&q=bikini+airways |title=The Spectator |date=2004 |publisher=F.C. Westley |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nanarland |title=Insects – la chronique de Nanarland |url=https://www.nanarland.com/chroniques/nanars-monstrueux/animalier/insects.html |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.nanarland.com |language=fr}}</ref> According to Marc Blake in his book about comedy, the comedic dimension of the film is not intentional.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blake |first=Marc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28ezCgAAQBAJ&dq=bikini+chain+gang&pg=PT141 |title=Writing the Comedy Movie |date=2015-12-17 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-62892-593-7 |language=en}}</ref>
It was rated 8 out of 10 by the B-movie blog ''Tarstarkas.net''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tarstarkas.net/2011/12/bikini-chain-gang/ |title=Bikini Chain Gang |work=Tarstarkas.net |date=15 December 2011 |accessdate=September 13, 2014}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0903788|Bikini Chain Gang}}
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Category:2004 television films Category:2004 films Category:American erotic films Category:2004 American films Category:American television films Category:Films directed by Fred Olen Ray
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