Caged Heat (alternate title: Renegade Girls) is a 1974 exploitation film in the women in prison genre. It was written and directed by Jonathan Demme for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. The film stars Erica Gavin, Roberta Collins, Juanita Brown, Rainbeaux Smith and Barbara Steele. John Cale wrote and performed the film's soundtrack. See also: 1973 in film 1974 1975 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in USA May 1 - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars. ... Exploitation films or trash cinema is the name given to a genre of films, extant since the earliest days of moviemaking, but popularized in the 1970s. ... Women in prison films are a subgenre of exploitation film. ... Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944 in Baldwin, New York) is an American film director, producer and writer. ... Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American producer and director of low-budget films; as such, he has apprenticed many now-famous directors, stressing the importance of budgeting and resourcefulness. ... // New World Communications Company Info •This company no longer exists. ... Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937) is a British actress. ... John Cale (born March 9, 1942) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ...

The film centers on Gavin's character, Jacqueline Wilson, who is sentenced to a women's prison on drug-related charges. She bonds with a group of her fellow prisoners and fights the repressive tactics of the warden, played by Steele. ...

Caged Heat is Demme's directoral debut. Although he includes the fast action and gratuitous nudity common Corman required in his exploitation films, Demme also incorporates elements of liberal politics, feminism, and social consciousness. Because of this, and because of its place in Demme's filmography, some critics feel that Caged Heat is more interesting than run-of-the-mill women in prison movies. Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. ...

Caged Heat was filmed for $180,000.

Two "sequels" -- Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994) and Caged Heat 3000 (1995) -- borrow the Caged Heat name and women-in-prison setting, but are otherwise unrelated movies. This is a list of film-related events in 1994. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1995. ...

References

• Bliss, Michael, and Banks, Christina: What Goes Around Comes Around: The Films of Jonathan Demme (1996): ISBN 0809319845
• IMDB entry for Caged Heat