Philippines Synopsis
“The dirty dolls of devil's island. You can meet them for a price!”
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.
Audience Engagement
52 audience reviews — more than 91% of Philippines films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Philippines films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Women in Cages. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Crime in Philippines
12 Philippines titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Women in Cages itself).
Other Titles From New World Pictures
Position in Catalog
The 5th Philippines title from Philippines we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1964).
Our Philippines catalog contains 146 titles in total (134 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Women in Cages, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- sexploitation · 5
- guillotine · 2
- betrayal · 28
- jungle · 19
- sadism · 9
- exploitation · 8
- women's prison · 7
- murder · 155
- rape · 64
- philippines · 55
- prison · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #120 of 146 Philippines films indexed here (18th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.2 points below the Philippines average of 6.2/10.
Among Philippines Action productions specifically: #23 of 39 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Philippines |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Philippines, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | New World Pictures, Balatbat Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 21m |
| Release Date | October 19, 1971 |
| IMDb | tt0067995 |