The Hot Box

The Hot Box (1972)

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

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.

Date of release
1972-04-21
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Action
Director
Joe Viola

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Philippines

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.

Production

The film came about because Roger Corman had a production deal in the Philippines with a young producer there, Cirio Santiago. Corman wanted to give Santiago a story outline and Viola did up a treatment in an afternoon, which became the film. Jonathan Demme shot some second unit footage, which impressed Roger Corman enough to support Demme's debut as director for Caged Heat (1974).

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