The Best Place to Be (1979)

Actors: Frank Arno (actor), Lloyd Bochner (actor), Christopher Carson (actor), Booth Colman (actor), Pat Corley (actor), Steve Eastin (actor), Redmond Gleeson (actor), Jack Grapes (actor), Mike Hammett (actor), Gregory Harrison (actor), Johnny Haymer (actor), Timothy Hutton (actor), Rick Jason (actor), Taldo Kenyon (actor), Leon Ames (actor),

Plot: A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an affair she is having with a much younger man. Matters are further complicated when a man she was in love with prior to her marriage shows up.

Keywords: affair, based-on-book, widow
Genres: Drama,

Thunder Alley (1967)

Actors: Baynes Barron (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Warren Berlinger (actor), Ronnie Dayton (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), Fabian (actor), Guy Hemric (actor), Kip King (actor), Michael T. Mikler (actor), Jan Murray (actor), Sandy Reed (actor), Sammy Shore (actor), Maureen Arthur (actress), Annette Funicello (actress), Stanley Adams (actor),

Plot: Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident that gets him thrown off the circuit. He shows Pete's daughter Francie and her boyfriend Eddie Sands everything he knows about driving. Eddie takes up with Tommy's girl Annie Blaine after winning the first time out. They become fierce rivals by the next race, during which Tommy remembers driving over his brother with a go-kart and Eddie hits the wall.

Keywords: car-crash, car-racing, carsploitation, daytona-500, drunk-driving, father-daughter-relationship, flashback, gocart, independent-film, love-triangle
Genres: Action, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Days of screaming wheels, nights of reckless pleasure! SCREAMING WHEELS - RECKLESS PLEASURES! (original ad - all caps) Their god is speed...their pleasure is an "anytime" girl!

Quotes:

Harry Wise: [walks over to Tommy Callahan] Hey, hey, hey, hey, whoa. Nobody told you you could hang around decent people, Callahan. Hey Turk, do you know who you just let in? He's the guy who killed ol' Jimmy John Jones. Didn't ya, killer?... I said, Didn't ya, killer?::Turk: This is one of my customers, Harry. Now, you leave him be.::Harry Wise: Aww... leave him be? You're putting me on! Hey, is there anybody here wanna let this man dirty up a nice clean place like Turk's?::Tommy Callahan: Are you drunk?::Harry Wise: [laughing] The killer wants to know if I'm drunk. I am sober, mister Callahan, so why don't you - [Tommy punches him, and a knockdown, drag-out fight ensues]

A Fever in the Blood (1961)

Actors: Edward Astran (actor), Parley Baer (actor), Frank Baker (actor), Brandon Beach (actor), Charles Bell (actor), Ivan Bell (actor), Hal Berger (actor), George Brand (actor), Leonard Bremen (actor), Jack Bryan (actor), William Bryant (actor), Jack Carol (actor), Dick Cherney (actor), Robert Colbert (actor), Don Ameche (actor),

Plot: A district attorney, a US Senator, and a Superior Court judge are all possible candidates for governor. All three meet in official or unofficial ways when a socialite is found murdered and her estranged husband, nephew of a former governor, stands accused.

Keywords: murder, trial
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Judge Leland Hoffman: As a politician of sorts, I know when to withdraw.

Charles 'Charlie' Bosworth: Did Eisenhower have an organization? Senator, this is the age of celebrity. In entertainment, business, politics. Celebrities write their own ticket. You don't need a machine anymore.

Senator Alex S. Simon: If you read my statement carefully, you'll note that I left myself a loophole. A course I recommend to any man who dedicates his life to living off the taxpayer.

Judge Leland Hoffman: Judges don't have the same privileges as Senators and District Attorneys. We have to resign before we seek another office.

Cathy Simon: It's you Alex! The things you've let me see in you!::Senator Alex S. Simon: Whatever I've done, I've done for you! Do I have to tell you that? I'm trying to lift you to the dizziest heights there are in this world! To make you the First Lady of this... uhhhh... ugggggghhhhh...::[collapses]

Cathy Simon: He is sure of my loyalty. He is trying to win my love.

Dan Callahan: Has Miss Laura Mayberry been under surveillance for the last three days?::Police Sgt. Michael 'Mickey' Beers: Yes.::Dan Callahan: Why?::Police Sgt. Michael 'Mickey' Beers: Because you asked me to do it.

Attorney Clem Marker: Walter! Walter!::Walter Thornwall: Laura, is it true? [Laura doesn't answer] Is it? [Still no answer] Well, tell me!::Laura Mayberry: Walter, I...::Walter Thornwall: Don't do it, Laura. No matter what happens to me, *don't do it!*

Attorney Clem Marker: Your Honor, the crudeness of this scheme shocks me. There was nothing in that room to indicate the commission of any crime, and yet this witness...::Police Sgt. Michael 'Mickey' Beers: There was plenty!::Attorney Clem Marker: Plenty? A moment ago you said you had only a hunch!::Police Sgt. Michael 'Mickey' Beers: Yeah, I had more than that. Thornwall tried to kill his wife once before, and she called the police!::Attorney Clem Marker: Mistrial! Your Honor, I move for a mistrial! His is the most damaging piece of viciously prejudicial evidence I have ever heard in any courtroom!::Dan Callahan: There's no ground for a mistrial! If he didn't want the answer, he shouldn't have asked the question!::Judge Leland Hoffman: Order! [Bangs gavel] Order! [Bangs gavel again] I'm going to clear this room if we don't have order.

Judge Leland Hoffman: I may have overruled a good mistrial motion, just to show Alex that he couldn't buy me.::Cathy Simon: I think Alex had already discovered that.::Judge Leland Hoffman: Yes, well I guess I was just trying to prove it to myself.::Cathy Simon: Or maybe there's an element of masochism that goes along with honor.::Judge Leland Hoffman: Thanks for that word 'honor,' Cathy. 'Vanity' might be more accurate.

Train to Alcatraz (1948)

Actors: Dave Anderson (actor), Roy Barcroft (actor), Steven Baron (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Michael Carr (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Iron Eyes Cody (actor), Frank Dae (actor), John Doucette (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Ben Erway (actor), Charles Flynn (actor), Fred Fox (actor), Lee Frederick (actor), John Alvin (actor),

Plot: The last car of a transcontinental train streaking through desolate desert country is filled with convicts headed for Alcatraz. Each is filled but with one thought---escape! Mobster Bart Kanin has an escape angle that "can't miss"---providing there's a fall guy. Having framed young Tommy Callahan on a murder rap, Kanin plans on killing two birds with one stone by making him the victim. Kanin refuses to string along, knowing that Kanin and his moll, Virginia, pinned the murder charge on him while the real killer, Marty Mason, went free. He turns to tough-guy Doug Forbes, Kanin's rival, for protection.

Keywords: 1940s, alcatraz, alcatraz-island, b-movie, cigarette-smoking, confession, convict, damsel-in-distress, desert, escape-signal
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,