Nightmare in Badham County
| Nightmare in Badham County | |
|---|---|
1976 trade advertisement | |
| Genre | Drama Horror Thriller |
| Written by | Jo Heims |
| Directed by | John Llewellyn Moxey |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Charles Bernstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Douglas S. Cramer |
| Producer | Wilford Lloyd Baumes |
| Production locations | Carrollton, Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi Moorhead Mississippi |
| Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
| Editor | Carroll Sax |
| Camera setup | Panavision Cameras and Lenses |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Production company | ABC Circle Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 5, 1976 |
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Nightmare in Badham County is a 1976 American women-in-prison television drama horror thriller film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Deborah Raffin, Lynne Moody, Chuck Connors, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Reed, Tina Louise, Robert Reed, Della Reese, Lana Wood and Ralph Bellamy. Its plot follows two female college students from California who, while traveling cross-country, are remanded to a women's prison farm in a corrupt Southern town.
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.