The Hot Box

The Hot Box

RAVAGED ... SAVAGED ... Licked by the fiery tongues of "The Hot Box"

R 1972 · 85 min · ★ 4.7 · Adventure, Drama, Action

After a young village boy dies on San Rosario island, the leader of the People's Army decides to kidnap a group of American nurses who have traveled there to work at the government medical center, demanding that they help set up a public health dispensary and teach the revolutionaries medical procedures and first aid.

Directed by Joe Viola · Written by Jonathan Demme

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