The Big Bird Cage
The Big Bird Cage is a 1972 American exploitation film of the "women in prison" subgenre.[1] 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.[1]
| The Big Bird Cage | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Joseph Smith | |
| Directed by | Jack Hill |
| Produced by | Cirio H. Santiago Jane Schaffer |
| Written by | Jack Hill |
| Starring | Pam Grier Sid Haig Anitra Ford Vic Diaz |
| Music by | William Allen Castleman William Loose |
| Cinematography | Felipe Sacdalan |
| Edited by | Jere Huggins James Mitchell |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | United States Philippines |
| Language | English |
Plot
Blossom (Pam Grier), a buxom bad girl, is the rough-and-ready girlfriend of a radical guerrilla leader, Django (Sid Haig). She rather 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 (Andrés 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