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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- (as Fionnuala Flanagan)
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- (as Hal Thomas Phillips)
- Alma
- (as Tommie Stewart)
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- TriviaThe 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 naked, 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 versionsThough 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.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Circus of the Stars #2 (1977)
Nightmare in Badham County was shown theatrically, in a much more explicit version, outside of the U.S. This version is available on videotape and is the one I've seen. It's memorably depraved, with brutality and full-frontal nudity abounding. One skin-crawling scene in this version has a naked, repulsive lesbian guard (Lana Wood, I think) exchanging food for sex with a terrified inmate. Another has Louise pawing and whipping a naked girl. Still another has a large group of women wrestling in a field until a hose is turned on them; clothes are ripped, and one woman's panties fall down as she stands up. This version could've been a big drive-in hit in the States, but alas, it was shown here only as an ABC movie of the week.
Whichever version you get, this oppressively grim torture epic is worth watching if you're an exploitation fan. An obscure cult classic with a very powerful ending.
- Vince-5
- May 7, 2001