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Director:
Michael Miller
Writers:
Michael Berk (writer)
Douglas Schwartz (writer)
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Release Date:
27 October 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offense by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Cast

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Andy Griffith ... Judge Julius Sullivan

Diane Ladd ... Rose Hayward
Steve Inwood ... Dennis Spector

Shawnee Smith ... Jodi Hayward
Ralph Waite ... Frank Hayward
Jordan Charney ... Spencer Mulholland

Brent Spiner ... Hinnerman
Tammy Lauren ... Rene Peterson

Michael Champion ... Jailor

Alex McArthur ... Cory Yeager

Brian Robbins ... Lonnie
Michele Rogers ... Sarah Thompson
Oceana Marr ... Mrs. Rodgers

Belita Moreno ... Marge Kennedy
Lynne Marta ... Lucille
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | UK:15
Filming Locations:
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Company:
Ohlmeyer Communications Company more

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Inspired by a federal civil rights class action suit known as Doe v. Burwell, which challenged the incarceration of children in the Lawrence County jail in Ironton, Ohio. more

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Where are they now update, 19 August 1999
Author: Louis Burwell from Columbus, OH

In answer to a previous person's email, the judge in the story is indeed passed away. He was my father. He passed on the day of the OJ verdict (although that was not the cause). By the way, please realize that this movie was produced by liberal movie makers who intended to paint the judge in the story as the villain. Anyone familiar with the real story felt my father was correct in the way he treated juveniles who came before his court, and he was re-elected (more precisely, elected after being appointed) in a landslide.

The true villain in the story was the jailer, someone who was a childhood friend of mine, and who tried to take revenge on me because of how determined my father was to get him for raping that girl. The parents should have sued the sheriff in my opinion, since he was the one who hired the jailer and didn't protect her.

I never found out for sure, but Andy Griffith must have met my father before doing this movie, because he reminded me of him in many ways.

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