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The Big Bird Cage
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Wikipedia article
'The Big Bird Cage' is a 1972 American exploitation film of the "women in prison" subgenre.[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/48574/women-in-cages-collection-the/ DVD Talk] It serves as a non-sequel follow-up to the 1971 film 'The Big Doll House'. The film was written and directed by Jack Hill, and stars Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Anitra Ford, and Carol Speed.
Plot
Blossom (Pam Grier), a buxom bad girl, is the rough-and-ready girlfriend of a radical guerrilla leader, Django (Sid Haig). She keeps her relationship a secret, but is also quick to start a fight without knowing it. However, when Django's mercenary friends itch for some female companionship, she softens and the two devise a plan to liberate the inmates of a local women's prison, where the inmates are kept barefoot and subjected to brutally hard labor. A woman named Terry (Anitra Ford), a social climber, ends up in the prison herself because of Blossom and Django's earlier robbery. She is now forced to deal with crazy inmates, gay guards, and torture of the cage. Terry, Blossom, and Django (who busted in by seducing Rocco, one of the guards) eventually come together to face off against the warden Zappa (Andrs Centenera) to stage an explosive breakout.
Cast
*Pam Grier as Blossom
*Sid Haig as Django
*Anitra Ford as Terry
*Candice Roman as Carla
*Teda Bracci as Bull Jones
*Carol Speed as Mickie
*Karen McKevic as Karen
*Marissa Delgado as Rina
*Vic Diaz as Rocco
*Andres Centenera as Zappa
*Zenaida Amador as Prison Doctor
See also
* List of American films of 1972
References
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