Caged Heat (Caged Females) (Renegade Girls) (1974)
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82% of critics liked it
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35% of users liked it
(3,004 ratings)
Considered the quintessential "girls in prison" flick of the 1970s, novice director Jonathan Demme's Caged Heat is set in a hellish American woman's penitentiary run by vicious, wheelchair-bound Barbara Steele. Statuesque convict Erica Gavin is forced to undergo horrible (but… More Considered the quintessential "girls in prison" flick of the 1970s, novice director Jonathan Demme's Caged Heat is set in a hellish American woman's penitentiary run by vicious, wheelchair-bound Barbara Steele. Statuesque convict Erica Gavin is forced to undergo horrible (but legal) tortures when she is falsely accused of trying to escape. Gavin and fellow con Juanita Brown decide to make a real break, but return to prison to rescue a friend who is about to be lobotomized by the sadistic prison doctor. Then they stage a robbery, only to find a group of male robbers at the bank ahead of them. A final shootout in the prison yards brings the film to a bloody climax. Caged Heat was also released under the title Renegade Girls. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jonathan Demme
- Written By
- Jonathan Demme
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Cult Movies
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 31, 1974 Wide
- Studio
- Concorde/New Horizons Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Jonathan Demme's debut film is campy, choppy, and generally immature, though his bonding themes are fitfully discernible amid the cartoonish action.
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, Time Out
It's no more than passable as a thriller, but the density of invention and energy in other respects is enough to shame a dozen contemporary major studio movies.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Vibrant take on multicultural grindhouse sisterhood
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John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Contains a skits-within-the-movie sequence that comments on the narrative while also exposing the artificiality, absudity and performance aspect of the 'Women in Prison' trend itself.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
An exciting film, and one that proves that even the most exploitative of films can make a relevant statement.
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Cast
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John Aprea
as Dream Man
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Carmen Argenziano
as Undercover Wrestler
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Amy Barrett
as Amy
- Gene Borkan
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Juanita Brown
as Maggie
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Roberta Collins
as Belle Tyson
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Hugh Corcoran
as Sharpshooter
- Desiree Cousteau
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Erica Gavin
as Jackie Wilson
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Lynda Gold
as Crazy Alice
- Keisha
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Gary Littlejohn
as Cop at Bank
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Ella Reid
as Pandora
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Cheryl Smith
as Lavelle
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Barbara Steele
as McQueen
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Jim Watkins
as Sharpshooter
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George Armitage
as Family in Car
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Gary Goetzman
as Sparky
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Mike Gray
as Gate Guard
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Warren Miller
as Randolph
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Toby Carr Rafelson
as Pinter
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Joe Viola
as Sports Car Driver
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Patrick Wright
as Cop at Gas Station
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Carol Terry
as Kitchen Guard
- Mickey Fox
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Hal Marshall
as Bank Guard
