Jackson County Jail (1976)
A young woman stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.
Top billed cast
Yvette MimieuxDinah Hunter
Tommy Lee JonesColey Blake
Robert CarradineBobby Ray
Howard HessemanDavid
Betty ThomasWaitress
Hal NeedhamChief of Fallsburg Police
Mary WoronovPearl
Severn DardenSheriff Dempsey
Nancy Lee NobleLola- Cliff EmmichMr. Bigelow
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