Caged Heat

Caged Heat (alternate title: Renegade Girls) is a 1974 exploitation film in the women in prison genre. It was written and directed by Jonathan Demme for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. The film stars Erica Gavin, Roberta Collins, Juanita Brown, Rainbeaux Smith and Barbara Steele. John Cale wrote and performed the film's soundtrack.

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1974 - Exploitation film - Women in prison - Jonathan Demme - Roger Corman - New World Pictures - Erica Gavin - Roberta Collins - Juanita Brown - Rainbeaux Smith - Barbara Steele - John Cale - Soundtrack

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The film centers on Gavin's character, Jacqueline Wilson, who is sentenced to a women's prison on drug-related charges. She bonds with a group of her fellow prisoners and fights the repressive tactics of the warden, played by Steele.

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Prison - Warden

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Caged Heat is Demme's directoral debut. Although he includes the fast action and gratuitous nudity common Corman required in his exploitation films, Demme also incorporates elements of liberal politics, feminism, and social consciousness. Because of this, and because of its place in Demme's filmography, some critics feel that Caged Heat is more interesting than run-of-the-mill women in prison movies.

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Caged Heat was filmed for $180,000.

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Two "sequels" -- Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994) and Caged Heat 3000 (1995) -- borrow the Caged Heat name and women-in-prison setting, but are otherwise unrelated movies.

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1994 - 1995

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