''Caged in Paradiso'' (alternate title Maximum Security) is a 1989
American low-budget action film directed by Mike Snyder and starring
Irene Cara
Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and actress of Black, Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. Cara rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film '' Fame'', and f ...
(who also sings the theme song "Paradiso"), Peter Kowanko and Paula Bond. It was filmed on St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
Plot
Female inmates wrongly imprisoned on an island fortress plan their escape.
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1989 films
American action films
1980s English-language films
1989 action films
American prison films
Films shot in the United States Virgin Islands
1980s American films
English-language action films
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