Women in Cages Women in Cages

Carol Jeffries (known as 'Jeff') is a naive American woman staying in the Phillipines. She is given ten years in prison after being set up by her drug-dealer boyfriend, Rudy. She endures the harsh conditions, sadistic head matron and attempts on her life, then convinces her cell-mates to try to escape with her through the jungle, even though they know ruthless trackers will be sent out after them.

Judith M. Brown Roberta Collins Jennifer Gan Pam Grier

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78 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • themarkandrus

    Review by themarkandrus ★★

    While I've been enjoying the exploitation films I've recently watched I've avoided the "women in prison" films because they sound gross. This wasn't as gross as I had expected (although it wasn't really pleasant)

  • Robyn

    Review by Robyn ★★★

    The thing about my film watching habits is if its made before 1985 I struggle to watch it. I don't know why, I'm missing out on so many films but the thought of it leaves my so unenthused. I decided a while ago that I would start dipping my toes into a whole bunch of different movements, because for real, it's stupid to miss out on decades of films for no reason.

    'Women in Prison' films are a phenomenon I am massively fascinated in. The setting, the time, the directors. It's like a perfect mix happened like a big bang into creating these filthy exploitation films. I'm slowly working my way through them (mostly for Pam Grier) and really having…

  • Michael Troutman

    Review by Michael Troutman ★★★

    Pam Grier is fantastic as the sadistic warden. Quite enjoyable, with an interesting ending.

  • Dan Gaertner

    Review by Dan Gaertner ½

    Garbage. On a brighter note, my belief in atheism has been strengthened. No God would allow this film to exist.

  • kirbyapplegate

    Review by kirbyapplegate

    Forgive me. I was in college.

  • Adam Patterson

    Review by Adam Patterson ★★½

    Pretty decent, but not the best prison movie I've seen. It's at least better than Shawshank Redemption.

    Full story: filmpulse.net/grindhouse-weekly-vol-1-women-in-cages/

  • Freeman Williams

    Review by Freeman Williams ★★

    Frankly one of the lesser Filipino women-in-prison movies produced by Corman in the early 70s. There are the usual catfights and shower scenes, an escape of variable success, and a strangely downbeat ending. The major draw here is seeing Pam Grier playing a bad guy for once, the lesbian Chief Matron with a torture chamber called "The Playpen".

  • Tyler Baptist

    Review by Tyler Baptist ★½

    After getting busted with a large chunk of heorin placed on her by her 'boyfriend' a young naieve American woman gets hauled off to a remote jungle prision run by a lesbian warden (Pam Grier).

    Cheap, poor production values, and a paint-by-the-numbers WIP script, Women in Cages is a dank contribution to the genre. Obviously cashing in on the success of The Big Doll House, this quickie Corman production feels extremely rushed with bad and inaudible dialogue, stilted performances, and not an ounce of humour to lift the actually quite depressing setting and story. Women in Cages is rough on every level. With a director with 79 films under his belt before this one, the direction is pretty much non-existent... Avoid this hell hole if you can.

  • Greg Jones

    Review by Greg Jones ★★★

    I've seen more than my share of "women in prison" flicks over the years, and I can say that I enjoy the overall sleaziness associated with the genre (because I'm a dirtbag, essentially). That's exactly why I'd pick something like Women in Cages to watch on Netflix instead of one of the more quality films they offer. But to my surprise, Women in Cages was pretty good. While being rather vile in some sections, the film lacked the overall graphic violence and depravity that I've seen in others. The story was solid enough that my attention was held throughout though. Plus, it's always nice to see Pam Grier (even as the antagonist) taking names and kicking asses, particularly because the…