Nightmare in Badham County (1976 TV Movie)
Della Reese: Sarah
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Quotes
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Sarah : [looking out a window, at a prison guard approaching, carrying a flogger] Oh, oh! It's Alice, and she's got her strap. Some whitey's gonna get it.
[a minute later, Alice is flogging Denise Dillaway]
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Diane Emery : [looking out a window at night, sees a man with a shovel digging, and another man carrying a wrapped-up body] What are they doing out there?
Sarah : They're burying somebody. I seen 'em bury Roseanne out there last year. They told us she was pardoned. But they killed her.
Diane Emery : [upset] My God, Sarah, how can you...
Sarah : It ain't our concern. It's just some poor white girl. Superintendent sent for her last night.
[Superintendent Dancer had sent for Emiline last night, and raped her]
Diane Emery : You mean he killed her?
Sarah : No. She cut her own wrists.
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Sarah : The strap ain't nothing, baby. People die in here.
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Sarah : I heard the Judge give you 30 days. I wouldn't count on that.
Diane Emery : What do you mean?
Sarah : This is harvest time. They need all the help they can get Baby, for as long as they can get it.
