Caged Heat

Caged Heat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJonathan Demme
Written byJonathan Demme
Produced byEvelyn Purcell
StarringJuanita Brown
Roberta Collins
Erica Gavin
Ella Reid
Rainbeaux Smith
Barbara Steele
CinematographyTak Fujimoto
Edited byJohanna Demetrakas
Carolyn Hicks
Michal Goldman
Music byJohn Cale
Production
companies
Renegade Women Co.
Artists Entertainment Complex
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$180,000[1]

Caged Heat (also known as Renegade Girls) is a 1974 women in prison film. It was written and directed by Jonathan Demme (in his directorial debut) for New World Pictures, headed by Roger Corman. The film stars Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid, Rainbeaux Smith, and Barbara Steele. John Cale wrote and performed its soundtrack music, which features the guitar playing of Mike Bloomfield.

Two later films, Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994) and Caged Heat 3000 (1995), made use of the Caged Heat name and the women-in-prison situation, but are unrelated to the original film.

  1. ^ Koetting, Christopher T. (2009). Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures. Hemlock Books. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-936-16842-2.

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