''Caged in Paradiso'' (alternate title Maximum Security) is a 1989

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low-budget action film directed by Mike Snyder and starring

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(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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New York Times
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