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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1974 DVD Release: 01/24/2002 Format: DVD Edition: Restored/Remastered,Special Collection SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 19 mins Studio: New Concorde Members Wishing: 12 Genres: Crime, Sexploitation, Prison Film See Also: Caged Heat

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, All Movie Guide

Juanita Brown - Maggie
Erica Gavin - Jackie Wilson
Barbara Steele - McQueen

What sets this women-in-prison film apart from many similar movies is the director. Academy award-winner Jonathan Demme's Caged Heat comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed captions on this release. Supplemental materials include an interview with producer Roger Corman, and the original theatrical trailer. This is a great disc for genre enthusiasts, or die-hard Demme fans. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide