Women in Cages

Women in Cages (1971)

  • 23% of users liked it
    (112 ratings)

In this prison melodrama set in a women's reformatory, a sadistic lesbian guard takes great pleasure in tormenting her inmates in the grim confines of "The Playpen." The film is called Women's Penitentiary III on video. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 18 min.
Directed By
Gerardo de Leon
Written By
Roger Corman
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International
In Theaters
Oct 21, 1971 Wide
On DVD
Jun 16, 1998

Critic Reviews

  • John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

    An unsung grindhouse gem -- a despairing film of pitiless integrity that functions as a corrective to the 'Women in Prison' idea that life behind bars is action-packed and titillating.

  • Simon Abrams, Slant Magazine

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

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  • Tim S


    Probably the least of the "women in prison" exploitation movies that I've seen thus far, at least in the pseudo-trilogy that it falls into. Women in Cages reunites much of the main cast from The Big Doll House, but unfortunately, things just aren't as much fun as… More

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