The Big Bird Cage

The Big Bird Cage

Women so hot with desire they melt the chains that enslave them!

R 1972 · 96 min · ★ 5.6 · Action, Crime, Drama

Women rebel against slave labor in a filthy jungle prison where they feed sugar cane to a mechanical maw.

Directed by Jack Hill · Written by Jack Hill

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