The Big Bird Cage (Women's Penitentiary II)

The Big Bird Cage (Women's Penitentiary II) (1972)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (2,276 ratings)

In this exploitative women's prison drama, the "birds" in "the big bird cage" are, clearly, women. With the help of an outside revolutionary, the girls of at a rural prison stage an escape attempt. They have little to lose, as the prison is a site of incredible decadence and brutality. Only two of… More

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R, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By
Jack Hill
Written By
Jack Hill
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Cult Movies
In Theaters
Jul 1, 1972 Wide
On DVD
Feb 19, 2002
New Line Cinema

Critic Reviews

  • John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

    'Half of you won't get ten steps before you get a boobful of lead!' warns Pam Grier.

  • Simon Abrams, Slant Magazine

    Pam Grier can do anything, even make cheesy skin flicks worth seeing.

  • Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

    Women in Prison fare made watchable by Pam Grier's scenery chewing and Sid Haig's mincing about while he poses as a gay prison guard. And let us not forget all the breasts.

  • Michael Szymanski, Zap2it.com

    Always fun! Anything with big mean Pam Grier!

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  • Anthony L


    It's bad taste exploitation all the way with the follow up (although unrelated) to Big Doll House. I can't say I liked it as much though, Pam Grier and Sig Haig as revolutionaries (without a cause) are good fun, and I quite liked Haig camping it up as a gay guard but there… More

  • Tim S


    Roger Corman and Jack Hill knock it out of the park again (to be honest, that combination is the only one that seems to work for me in the "women in prison" genre). The Big Bird Cage, like its predecessors, isn't perfect but damn is it entertaining. In this one… More

  • Ken S


    Bridge Over the River Titty

  • Doctor S


    <i>"Aw, you can't rape me - I like sex."</i> Ridiculous to the extreme as a pitiful band of revolutionaries attempt to liberate a women's work camp which goes so horribly wrong it makes <i>The Great Escape</i> look like a resounding… More

  • Ed Fucking H


    Awesome Women in Prison flick from Jack Hill, brought to you by Roger Corman. Stars the lovely Pam Grier, Sid Haig and Anitra Ford (who some of you might recognize from Messiah of Evil.) Basically just a damn good time. Involves a revolutionary group in an unnamed South American… More

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