Nightmare in Badham County

Nightmare in Badham County
Written by	Jo Heims
Directed by	John Llewellyn Moxey^[1]
Starring	Chuck Connors Deborah Raffin Robert Reed Fionnula Flanagan Tina Louise
Theme music composer	Charles Bernstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Running time	100 min
Release
Original network	ABC^[2]
Original release	November 5, 1976 (1976-11-05)

Chuck Connors played a vile sheriff in the film

Nightmare in Badham County (1976) is an ABC TV women-in-prison movie, starring Chuck Connors, Deborah Raffin and Lynne Moody and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.^[2] The film was so popular in China that it was released in cinemas and Raffin became the first Western actress to make a promotional tour of the country, after which she became an unofficial ambassador helping China make deals with Hollywood.^[3]

Plot Summary

Two girls, Cathy Phillips (Deborah Raffin) and Diane Emery (Lynne Moody) get engine car trouble in a small town.^[4] When they spurn the sheriff Slim Danen's (Chuck Connors) advances, they are thrown in prison on false accusations, where they endure atrocities at the hands of the administrators and prison guards.^[2] All hope seems very lost unless the girls find a way to escape.^[1]

Plotline

While driving, Cathy and Diane's car get a flat tire, forcing them to get it replaced; however, they get into a confrontation with prison sheriff Slim Danen and are arrested after refusing to give in to him.^[1]^[2] After being found guilty on false charges in a kangaroo court, the two are taken to a local women's farm labor prison, where they learn from an inmate named Sara that the prisoners' lives there are completely and exceedingly harsh; they are not only treated like labored slaves, but also exposed to cruel and sexual torture and mistreatment daily.^[1]^[2]

They soon realize that the only way to set themselves and all the other prisoners free is to escape undetected and unharmed.^[2]

Cast

Actor	Role
Chuck Connors	Sheriff Slim Danen
Deborah Raffin	Cathy Phillips
Fionnula Flanagan	Dulcie
Robert Reed	Supt. Dancer
Lana Wood	Smitty
Tina Louise	Greer
Lynne Moody	Diane Emery
Ralph Bellamy	Judge
Leslie Albers	Waitress
Della Reese	Sara

References

External links

Nightmare in Badham County at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by John Llewellyn Moxey

The City of the Dead (1960)
Foxhole in Cairo (1960)
Death Trap (1962)
Ricochet (1962)
Hold My Hand, Soldier (1963)
Downfall (1964)
Strangler's Web (1965)
Circus of Fear (1966)
The Solarnauts (1967)
Dial M for Murder (1967)
Laura (1968)
A Hatful of Rain (1968)
The House That Would Not Die (1970)
Escape
The Last Child (1971)
A Taste of Evil (1971)
The Death of Me Yet (1971)
The Night Stalker (1972)
The Bounty Man (1972)
Home for the Holidays (1972)
Genesis II (1973)
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (1974)
Where Have All the People Gone? (1974)
Foster and Laurie (1975)
Conspiracy of Terror (1975)
Nightmare in Badham County (1976)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
Panic in Echo Park (1977)
Intimate Strangers (1977)
The President's Mistress (1978)
The Courage and the Passion (1978)
Sanctuary of Fear (1979)
The Power Within (1979)
Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979)
The Solitary Man (1979)
The Children of An Lac (1980)
The Mating Season (1980)
No Place to Hide (1981)
The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981)
Killjoy (1981)
Desire, the Vampire (1982)
The Cradle Will Fall (1983)
Through Naked Eyes (1983)
When Dreams Come True (1985)
Deadly Deception (1987)
Sadie and Son (1987)
Outback Bound (1988)
Lady Mobster (1988)

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