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The Badge

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  • 1h 43m
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6.1/10
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The Badge (2002)
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Sheriff Hardwick investigates the death of Mona, a transexual woman. The judge asks that the case is archived to prevent it impacting the upcoming elections, but the evidence keeps coming in... Read allSheriff Hardwick investigates the death of Mona, a transexual woman. The judge asks that the case is archived to prevent it impacting the upcoming elections, but the evidence keeps coming in.Sheriff Hardwick investigates the death of Mona, a transexual woman. The judge asks that the case is archived to prevent it impacting the upcoming elections, but the evidence keeps coming in.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
3.4K
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POPULARITY
31,799
3,571
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    • Director
      • Robby Henson
    • Writer
      • Robby Henson
    • Stars
      • Billy Bob Thornton
      • Patricia Arquette
      • William Devane
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Robby Henson
    • Writer
      • Robby Henson
    • Stars
      • Billy Bob Thornton
      • Patricia Arquette
      • William Devane
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    • 38User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Billy Bob Thornton
    Billy Bob Thornton
    • Sheriff Darl Hardwick
    Patricia Arquette
    Patricia Arquette
    • Scarlett
    William Devane
    William Devane
    • The Judge
    Sela Ward
    Sela Ward
    • Carla Hardwick
    Julie Hagerty
    Julie Hagerty
    • Sister Felicia
    Marcus Lyle Brown
    Marcus Lyle Brown
    • Deputy Jackson
    Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon
    • Deputy C.B.
    Tom Bower
    Tom Bower
    • Bull Hardwick
    Audrey Marie Anderson
    Audrey Marie Anderson
    • Teenage Waitress
    John McConnell
    John McConnell
    • Ornell
    J.C. Sealy
    • Rhonda Hebert
    • (as J.C. Seally)
    Ron Flagge
    • Gooch
    Huey Alexander
    • Cletus
    Deana Carter
    Deana Carter
    • Sherry
    Mark Krasnoff
    • Squeegee
    Jerry Leggio
    Jerry Leggio
    • Henry
    Jena Malone
    Jena Malone
    • Ashley Hardwick
    Rick Dial
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    • Director
      • Robby Henson
    • Writer
      • Robby Henson
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    • Trivia
      For what it's worth, Mona's dead body on the morgue table is a woman's, not a man's. The crests of the iliac, the hip bone, are pronounced, as they are in a woman's pelvic girdle. What this means is that the body was born female and couldn't have been a genotypic male with added breasts, which is the explanation offered by the M.E.
    • Goofs
      Near the beginning, when the body is being examined, it breathes just before being covered up.
    • Quotes

      Sheriff Darl Hardwick: I'm beginnin' to think I liked you a lot better when you used to smoke all that reefer and we'd fuck in your Pinto.

    • Crazy credits
      In the German end credits, Julie Hagerty's name is spelled "Julie Haggerty".
    • Soundtracks
      Jingle Bells
      Written by James Pierpont (uncredited)

      Produced, Performed and Recorded by Jim Cregan and Robin Le Mesurier

      Vocals by Jim Cregan

      EMI Music Publishing UK Ltd. and Bespoken Music

    User reviews38

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    7/10
    Somebody like you killed Mona; someone who couldn't deal with their own sexual impulses.
    If GLAAD picked this film to compete for an award, it certainly makes it worth the time. Unfortunately, it went up against The Laramie Project and The Matthew Sheppard Story. It didn't have a chance.

    But a GLAAD nomination and Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette, William Devane, and Sela Ward is more than enough to peak my interest.

    It's a neonoir about a transsexual who is shot, and the power (Devane) in the small Parrish wants it to just go away. I wonder why. The Sheriff (Thornton) goes along until he finds he is on the outs and set up to be removed.

    Thornton plays pretty much the same character that he did with Halle Berry.

    Lots of twists and turns including the solution.

    Great work by Thornton and Arquette.
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    • Sep 16, 2010

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    • Release date
      • September 7, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Behind the Badge
    • Filming locations
      • Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (EFO Films)
      • Millennium Films
      • Propaganda Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $97,080
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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