Caged Heat
Caged Heat alternate title Renegade Girls is an exploitation film from 1974 of the womeninprison film genre. It was written and directed by Jonathan Demme for New World Pictures, headed by Roger Corman. The film stars Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid, Rainbeaux Smith, and Barbara Steele.
Caged Heat centers on the story of Jacqueline Wilson Erica Gavin. Wilson is sentenced to a womens prison after her conviction on illegal drug offenses. Wilson, naturally, becomes associated with a group of fellow female convicts, and they fight against the repressive policies of the prisons warden Barbara Steele.Demme had produced two films for Corman, including the women in prison picture The Hot Box 1972. He wanted to turn director and wrote a script for Corman, but the producer did not want to fund it, as he thought the cycle had peaked. However Demme succeeded in raising the finance on his own and Corman agreed to distribute through New World Pictures. ........
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