Caged Heat Movie Review 1974

Low-budget babes-behind-bars film touted as the best sexploitation film of the day. Demme's directorial debut is a genre-altering installment in Roger Corman's formulaic cellblock Cinderella cycle. Recycled plot--innocent woman is put behind bars, where she loses some of her innocence--boasts an updated treatment. These babes may wear hot pants and gratuitously bare their midriffs, but they're not brainless bimbos. They're strong individuals who work together to liberate themselves. Reached cult status. Cult diva Steele returned to the big screen after six years to play the wheelchair-ridden prison warden, written specifically for her.

Distribution

New Concorde, 11600 San Vincente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049, Phone: (310)820-6733, Fax: (310)207-6816, URL: http://www.newconcorde.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 83 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Women in Prison, Producers: Roger Corman/New World

Screenplay

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Juanita Brown, Erica Gavin, Roberta Collins, Barbara Steele, Ella Reid, Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith, John Aprea, Amy Barrett, Gary Goetzman

Cinematography

Tak Fujimoto

Director

Jonathan Demme

Music

John Cale

Producer

New World Pictures