Nightmare in Badham County

TV Movie
1976
R
1h 42m

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During a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.During a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.During a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.

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6.1/10

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Trivia
The film premiered in the US first on TV in a cut version, but had a theatrical release overseas uncut, proving to be an especially huge hit in China. The film's success in China was so substantial that star Deborah Raffin became the unofficial ambassador from Hollywood to China; she arranged meetings between Hollywood luminaries and Chinese leaders and filmmakers to get Chinese films distributed in America and American films released in China. Moreover, Raffin was nominated for an Emmy for her performance in the picture.

Quotes
Alice, a prison guard: [strips Denise Dillaway topless, fondles her breasts, rips off her panies, Denise is now fully naked, Alice then orders a couple of inmates to hold Denise's arms] Turn her around, ass-out.
[after giving Denise a bareback whipping]
Alice, a prison guard: What do you say now, girl?
Inmate: [crying] Thank you, ma'am.
[Alice leaves. One of the inmates who held Denise's arm comforts her]

Alternate versions
Though this film was originally produced for American broadcast television, the filmmakers also shot additional scenes containing nudity for the European theatrical-release version. The "European" cut is available on video in the US.

Connections
Referenced in Circus of the Stars #2 (1977)

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6/10

Trashy but enjoyable

Reminiscent of the Roger Corman cycle of "babes-behind-bars" flicks from the late '60s and early '70s, this is an enjoyable little exploitation item. Maybe some think it has pretensions to mask as "social commentary," but don't believe it, and just enjoy it for what it is--a made-for-TV version of those great Corman Filipino "prison-chicks" flicks. Apparently the video version is a lot more explicit than the TV version, but I haven't seen that one yet, so I can't say. Deborah Raffin and Lynne Moody are the two poor souls who get shanghaied into a Southern hellhole, and while Raffin is her usual bland, whitebread self, Moody steals the show from her. She's a much better actress than Raffin, is (IMHO) prettier and far sexier, and has a fresh, approachable, open appeal that Raffin lacks. Robert Reed does a nice turn as the corrupt prison superintendent, and it's fun to watch Tina Louise playing the sadistic prison matron--and Lana Wood is a blast as a lesbian (ahh, where would women-in-prison movies be without them?) prison guard.

All in all, it's a fun watch if you don't take it too seriously--or seriously at all. Check it out.