Scene from Big Bird Cage (1972)
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Anitra Ford (born 1942) is an American actress.
Ford was born in California. She was a model on The Price Is Right from its beginning in 1972 until the last days of 1976. She was replaced by Holly Hallstrom. Ford also appeared in the opening scene of The Longest Yard as Melissa, the girlfriend of Burt Reynolds' character, Paul Crewe.
Anitra Ford was a popular fashion model on the West Coast in the 1960s—also modeling in New York. Her exotic looks paved the way for more diversity in the modeling industry than the classic looks of that era. Before becoming a model, she acted on the stage from an early age. In the 1970s, her modeling career led to acting in television and film. Ford's credits include the cult, B-movies: The Big Bird Cage, The Invasion of the Bee Girls (aka "Graveyard Tramps") and Messiah of Evil. Often camp and comedic, Anitra Ford garnered roles of emancipated women who were comfortable with their sexuality.
Anitra Ford's television credits include: S.W.A.T., Banacek, The Streets of San Francisco, The Odd Couple, Love American Style, Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, Columbo and Mannix, and played the renegade Amazon in the TV movie "Wonder Woman" starring Cathy Lee Crosby.'
Since leaving The Price is Right, she has become an accomplished photographer, published poet, and shows her artwork in Southern California galleries.
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Alternate Names: Tedda Bracci
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Teda Bracci starred as Terry in 'The Big Bird Cage' (1972), where her character gets caught up in a women's prison camp run by a sadistic warden. She encounters revolutionaries Blossom and Django while enduring harsh conditions and attempts at escape. The film centers around the prisoners' struggle against oppression.
About the Movie: Big Bird Cage (1972)
Release Year: 1972
Nation: Philippines, United States
Alternative Title: The Big Bird Cage, Gynaikes sta katerga, Revolt of Prison Island, 残虐全裸女収容所, Большая клетка для птиц, Women's Penitentiary II
Director: Jack Hill
Writer: Jack Hill
Production & Genre
Producer(s): Producer: Cirio H. Santiago, Jane Schaffer
Executive Producer: Roger Corman
Companies: New World Pictures
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Keywords: chains, escape, exploitation, mercenary, prison
Story
In 'Big Bird Cage,' women prisoners rebel against their harsh living conditions and forced labor in a jungle prison camp. They work under brutal circumstances, feeding sugar cane to a mechanical machine. The inmates decide they've had enough of this exploitation and plan an escape.
Summary
'Big Bird Cage' is a 1972 American-Philippines action-drama film directed by Jack Hill. Set in a grim jungle prison camp, the movie explores themes of oppression and rebellion as women prisoners fight against their harsh circumstances. The film is notable for its exploitation subgenre focus on female empowerment and prisoner's rights.