

Nightmare in Badham County(1976)
Where Innocence Is A Punishable Crime
Two UCLA coeds have engine trouble in small Southern town. When they spurn the local sheriff's advances he arranges for them to be taken to the women's prison on trivial charges (the judge is a cousin), where they must endure atrocities at the hands of the administrators of the prison and the prison guards.


Movie: Nightmare in Badham County
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