The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's.The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's.The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's.
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Jeri Ryan
- Dawn Elizabeth Smith
- (as Jeri Lynn Ryan)
James Slade
- Larry Gene Bell
- (as Butch Slade)
Joyce Leigh Bowden
- Carol Metts
- (as Joyce Bowden)
Mark Jeffrey Miller
- Man at Depot
- (as Mark Miller)
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- Writer
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- TriviaLarry Gene Bell was executed in 1996. He was the last inmate to die in South Carolina's electric chair.
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The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980s. (Despite the name, there is no Columbia County in South Carolina.) This film has two things going for it. One, it roughly tells the story of killer Larry Gene Bell, so anyone interested in him ought to check this out. But more interestingly, it features Jeri Ryan before she got her big break on "Star Trek". So any fans of hers will want to see this (though it is not her finest moment).
I was amused by how often they used the "call tracing" plot device. I do not know a lot about how real call tracing worked at the time,but I love that in movies it has to take a certain amount of time to get the exact location. Why it would take so long when the phone company should know where the call came from is beyond me.
I was amused by how often they used the "call tracing" plot device. I do not know a lot about how real call tracing worked at the time,but I love that in movies it has to take a certain amount of time to get the exact location. Why it would take so long when the phone company should know where the call came from is beyond me.
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- gavin6942
- Oct 26, 2015
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By what name was Nightmare in Columbia County (1991) officially released in India in English?
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