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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   1,736 votes
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Director:
Robby Henson
Writer:
Robby Henson (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 September 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
A small town sheriff. A big city murderer.
Plot:
A sheriff (Thornton) begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Thornton Badgers 'The Badge' Director
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 19 January 2005)

Billy Bob's Country Girl
 (From WENN. 4 September 2002)

User Comments:
OK...but very slow!! more (29 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Billy Bob Thornton ... Sheriff Darl Hardwick

Patricia Arquette ... Scarlett

William Devane ... The Judge

Sela Ward ... Carla Hardwick
Julie Hagerty ... Sister Felicia

Marcus Lyle Brown ... Deputy Jackson

Ray McKinnon ... Deputy C.B.

Tom Bower ... Bull Hardwick
Audrey Marie Anderson ... Teenage Waitress
John McConnell ... Ornell
J.C. Sealy ... Rhonda Hebert (as J.C. Seally)
Ron Flagge ... Gooch
Huey Alexander ... Cletus

Deana Carter ... Sherry
Mark Krasnoff ... Squeegee
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Behind the Badge (USA) (working title)
Behind the Sun (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and sexual content.
Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Cindy Ingraham who is listed in the credits as "Additional Props" also has the byline on the newspaper article announcing that Judge Pendergast has resigned in the sex scandal. more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
OK...but very slow!!, 31 August 2003
6/10
Author: huggy_bear from NC

What a sleeper. I mean, until two days ago, I had never heard of this movie before. I rented it not knowing how it would turn out. Pleasantly surprised. Pretty straight forward and to the point, a homophobic local sheriff "stumbles" on a murder investigating a traffic accident. The murdered woman turns out not to be a woman at all, but a he/she. Then this movie takes off like a roller coaster, all of which I will not go into detail (go rent it). Some of the things that these lawmen do is absolutely unbelievable, but that is the fun of this one. It is not to be taken too serious.

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