Women in Cages

Oct 19, 1971

1h 21m

★ 5.1

The dirty dolls of devil's island. You can meet them for a price!

Overview

Carol Jeffries is a naive American woman staying in the Philippines. 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, in spite of the knowledge that ruthless trackers will be sent out after them.

Genres

Action

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

New World Pictures

Balatbat Productions

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Cast

Sandy

Judith Brown

Stoke

Roberta Collins

Jeff

Jennifer Gan

Alabama

Pam Grier

Acosta

Bernard Bonnin

Rudy

Charlie Davao

Johnny Long

Dwight Howard

Andres Centenera

Juana (uncredited)

Marissa Delgado

Jorge (uncredited)

Paquito Diaz

Holly Anders

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