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Overview

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Director:
Jonathan Demme
Writer:
Jonathan Demme (writer)
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Release Date:
14 June 1975 (Japan) more
Genre:
Action | Drama more
Tagline:
Women's prison U.S.A. - Rape Riot and Revenge! White Hot Desires melting cold prison steel!
Plot:
A girl is caught in a drug bust and sent to the hoosegow. The iron-handed superintendent takes exception... more | add synopsis
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Light on the sleaze, but still an excellent women in prison flick! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Juanita Brown ... Maggie
Roberta Collins ... Belle Tyson
Donald Heitzer ... Arresting Narc
Erica Gavin ... Jacqueline Wilson
Mike Shack ... Jake
Gary Goetzman ... Sparky
Ella Reid ... Pandora
Cheryl Smith ... Lavelle (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Barbara Steele ... Supt. McQueen

John Aprea ... Dream Man
Ginna Martine ... Dream Guard

Irene Stokes ... Hazel
Cynthia Songé ... Rosemary (as Cynthia Songey)
Ann Stockdale ... Bonnie
Amy Barrett ... Amy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Caged Females
Renegade Girls
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Film debut of Desiree Cousteau (as Deborah Clearbranch). more

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Light on the sleaze, but still an excellent women in prison flick!, 2 December 2008
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Author: The_Void from Beverley Hills, England

When I think 'Women in Prison', my mind often goes to sleazy Italian/Spanish productions by directors such as Jess Franco and Bruno Mattei; and while these films are often very sleazy, they're also very samey and once you've seen one; you might as well have seen them all. I have to admit that these types of films generally aren't my favourites; but in fact the idea of women behind bars has been done very well on several occasions outside of Italy and Spain; and Roger Corman's New World Pictures is responsible for some of the best of them. Caged Heat is the directorial debut of Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme, and it's a well done little flick with plenty of entertainment value! Naturally, the film centres on the story of a girl who is caught committing crime and sent to a women's' prison where she is introduced to a host of violent inmates. This prison is ruled over by the stuff wheelchair bound Superintendent McQueen; and she takes offence to a play put on by the girls; leading them to plot an escape.

This film is much lighter on the sleaze than I'm used to in a women in prison flick; but this is more than compensated for by some great action scenes and dialogue and that's what ensures Caged Heat entertains throughout. It does have to be said that the plot is not particularly original or ambitious and basically follows a structure similar to many other women in prison films that came before it; but that's not such a big problem. The film never gets boring and is peppered with standout scenes; including an escape attempt while out working in a field and a bank robbery. The film is helped along by assured direction from the man who would go on to helm the masterpiece The Silence of the Lambs and a great cast with plenty of standouts; including best of all the legendary Barbara Steele in the role of the head prison warden. Overall, Caged Heat may not leave the viewer with much to think about by the end; but it's a brilliantly entertaining little grindhouse flick and anyone that enjoys this type of film will surely want to track it down.

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