Inmate — Nightmare in Badham County Character Profile

About Inmate

A female prisoner at Badham County Farm subjected to systemic abuse, racial segregation, and forced labor. Several inmates attempt to escape but are killed and buried in unmarked graves by the corrupt staff.

Character Facts

Played by

Denise Dillaway

Appears in

Nightmare in Badham County (1976)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Inmate — Power Corrupt Authority — Judge (Ralph Bellamy)

  Judicial figure imposing harsh, unappealable sentences on inmates.

• Inmate — Conflict Brutal Oppressor — Greer (Tina Louise)

  Guard using physical intimidation and weapons to control inmates.

• Inmate — Conflict Oppressor & Prisoner — Smitty (Lana Wood)

  Guard enforcing strict penalties for communication attempts.

• Inmate — Social Sympathetic Ally — Dulcie (Fionnula Flanagan)

  Guard showing private compassion toward inmate suffering.

• Inmate — Alliance Fellow Prisoner — Inmate (Denise Dillaway)

  Inmate solidarity for mutual protection and survival.

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More characters from Nightmare in Badham County

• Cathy Phillips (Deborah Raffin)
• Diane Emery (Lynne Moody)
• Sheriff Danen (Chuck Connors)
• Greer (Tina Louise)
• Dulcie (Fionnula Flanagan)
• Supt Dancer (Robert Reed)
• Judge (Ralph Bellamy)
• Smitty (Lana Wood)
• Sarah (Della Reese)