Nightmare in Badham County

Nightmare in Badham County
1976 trade advertisement
Genre
  • Drama
  • thriller
Written byJo Heims
Directed byJohn Llewellyn Moxey
Starring
Theme music composerCharles Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerDouglas S. Cramer
ProducerWilford Lloyd Baumes
Production locationsCarrollton, Mississippi
Greenwood, Mississippi Moorhead Mississippi
CinematographyFrank Stanley
EditorCarroll Sax
Camera setupPanavision Cameras and Lenses
Running time102 minutes
Production companyABC Circle Films
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseNovember 5, 1976 (1976-11-05)

Nightmare in Badham County is a 1976 American women-in-prison television film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Chuck Connors, Deborah Raffin, and Lynne Moody. 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.