Rotten
Jonathan Demme's debut film is campy, choppy, and generally immature, though his bonding themes are fitfully discernible amid the cartoonish action.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Caged Heat
Women's prison U.S.A. - Rape Riot and Revenge! White Hot Desires melting cold prison steel!
1974 · 1h 23m · R
Drama
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
Overview
A young woman is convicted on drug offenses and sent to a women's penitentiary run by a repressed and oppressive female warden. When the prison's sadistic doctor begins conducting illegal "therapeutic" experiments on the inmates, the ladies plot their revenge.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Demme Director
- Juanita Brown as Maggie
- Roberta Collins as Belle Tyson
- Erica Gavin as Jacqueline Wilson
- Ella Reid as Pandora
- Cheryl Smith as Lavelle (as Rainbeaux Smith)
- Barbara Steele as Supt. McQueen
- Warren Miller as Dr. Randolph
- Crystin Sinclaire as Crazy Alice
- Toby Carr Rafelson as Pinter
- Mickey Fox Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Time Out
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