The Hot Box (1972)

Directed by

Joe Viola

Genre

exploitation film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of female prisoners in a Philippine jail revolt against their corrupt captors. They escape into the jungle and join local revolutionaries to fight back.

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What happens

The Hot Box is a 1972 women in prison film from Joe Viola and Jonathan Demme, who had previously made Angels Hard as They Come (1971) for New World Pictures. It was shot in the Philippines and was originally known as The Prescription Revolution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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