Behind the Badge - Murder in a small town idyll

Movie
German title	Behind the Badge - Murder in a small town idyll
Original title	The badge
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2002
length	99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Robby Henson
script	Robby Henson
production	John Morrissey
music	David Bergeaud
camera	Irek Hartowicz
cut	Michael J. Duthie
occupation
	Billy Bob Thornton : Sheriff Darl Hardwick; Patricia Arquette : Scarlett; William Devane : Judge; Sela Ward : Carla Hardwick; Julie Hagerty : Sister Felicia; Marcus Lyle Brown : Deputy Jackson; Ray McKinnon : Deputy CB; Tom Bower : Bull Hardwick;

Behind the Badge is an American thriller directed by Robby Henson from 2002. The film was shown on German television under the title Die Tote im Sumpf .

action

The body of a transsexual is found in the small town of LeSalle, Louisiana near New Orleans . Local Sheriff Darl Hardwick is investigating the case. Since the local political and economic giants are striving to build a casino in LeSalle and also new elections - u. a. of the sheriff's office - waiting, the judge advises him to keep the so-called "hermaphrodite murder" out of the press. Scarlett, the widow of the murdered, wants to know what happened and begins to investigate on her own.

Hardwick developed a strong personal interest in the pretty Scarlett. Encouraged by the increasing pressure on him to let the case rest, which even costs him his post, he realizes that there may be more to the murder than meets the eye (even the governor of Louisiana is brought into play). He begins to investigate himself to solve the murder. At the end of the film, he finally clears up the case with the help of Scarlett. A moronic gas station tenant is convicted of a murder.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films rated the thriller as "quite interesting". The "lousy dialogues" and the "bad actors" are problematic.
Christopher Null on filmcritic.com: You could hardly stand the film for more than half an hour. The script is ridiculous, the dialogues are bad, the representations are even worse.

Rotten Tomatoes wrote: "First-rate cast".

Awards

The thriller was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award in 2003 .

Remarks

The thriller was staged in New Orleans , Baton Rouge , Donaldsonville and France on a budget of six million dollars. The bankruptcy of the production company Propaganda delayed the release in theaters.

Web links

Behind the Badge - murder in the town idyll in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Discussion in the film dictionary
Behind the Badge - murder in the town idyll at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Behind the Badge - Murder in a small town idyll. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 11, 2017 .
↑ Christopher Null: The Badge. In: Filmcritic.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006 ; accessed on February 11, 2017 (English).
^ The Badge (2002). In: Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on August 31, 2005 ; accessed on February 11, 2017 (English).

[1] Behind the Badge - Murder in a small town idyll. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 11, 2017 .

[2] Christopher Null: The Badge. In: Filmcritic.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006 ; accessed on February 11, 2017 (English).

[3] The Badge (2002). In: Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on August 31, 2005 ; accessed on February 11, 2017 (English).