{"id":71618,"date":"2021-04-19T10:51:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71618"},"modified":"2023-09-11T10:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:46:03","slug":"women-in-cages-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71618","title":{"rendered":"Women in Cages (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This is going to be just like home &#8212; only different!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Poster-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-71619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Poster-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Poster-667x1024.png 667w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Poster-176x270.png 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Poster.png 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn American (Jennifer Gan) whose boyfriend (Charlie Davao) is involved in criminal drug trafficking is sent to prison on his behalf, where she meets a sadistic warden (Pam Grier) and bunks with other tortured inmates &#8212; including Sandy (Judy Brown), heroin-addicted Stoke (Roberta Collins), and Grier&#8217;s lover Theresa (Sofia Moran).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Escape<\/li>\n<li>Pam Grier Films<\/li>\n<li>Prisoners<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFilipino director Gerardo de Leon helmed this WiP (Women in Prison) exploitation flick, released around the same time as Jack Hill&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=63490\"><em>The Big Doll House<\/em> (1971)<\/a> and <em>The Big Bird Cage<\/em> (1972). As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/49777\/women-in-cages-collection-the\/\">Stuart Galbraith writes in his review for DVD Talk<\/a>, &#8220;The plots for these women-in-prison films&#8221; are &#8220;pretty interchangeable&#8221; &#8212; including: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230; &#8220;the obligatory group shower scene; sadistic and usually lesbian jailers who set their sights on the newest wide-eyed and wrongly-convicted prisoners; lascivious male guards scheming for free sex; outlandish scenes of torture, with contraptions rivaling those of the Marquis de Sade; catfights among the women, often incorporating food fights and\/or much writhing in the mud; [and] riots in which the jailers spray the women with a fire hose.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Grier gets &#8220;promoted&#8221; in this flick from prisoner to warden, and shows off her ability to be tough and ruthless under any circumstances: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Grier.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Grier.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Grier.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Grier-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Grier-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Grier-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Collins (rather than Brooke Mills) plays the heroin-addicted inmate this time around, and is ultimately much livelier than primary protagonist Gan (who simply comes across as foolishly naive):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Gan-Collins.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Gan-Collins.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Gan-Collins.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Gan-Collins-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Gan-Collins-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Gan-Collins-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roberta Collins as Stoke<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Collins.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Collins.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Collins.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Collins-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Collins-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Collins-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some reasonably effective cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Cinematography.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Cinematography-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women-in-Cages-Cinematography-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067995\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=700\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/49777\/women-in-cages-collection-the\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is going to be just like home &#8212; only different!&#8221; Synopsis: An American (Jennifer Gan) whose boyfriend (Charlie Davao) is involved in criminal drug trafficking is sent to prison on his behalf, where she meets a sadistic warden (Pam Grier) and bunks with other tortured inmates &#8212; including Sandy (Judy Brown), heroin-addicted Stoke (Roberta Collins), and Grier&#8217;s lover Theresa (Sofia Moran). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Escape Pam Grier Films Prisoners Strong Females Review: Filipino director Gerardo de Leon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71618\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71618"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91527,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71618\/revisions\/91527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}