Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003)

Actors: Kristopher Anderson (actor), Bradley Bailey (actor), Nigel Bennett (actor), Zachary Bennett (actor), Rhys Bevan-John (actor), Gavin Buhr (actor), Lee J. Campbell (actor), Stan Carew (actor), Donald Chisholm (actor), David Christoffel (actor), Patrick Christopher (actor), Andrew Church (actor), Stephen Coats (actor), Richard Collins (actor), Jeremy Akerman (actor),

Plot: Shattered City, an epic two-part mini-series, dramatizes a compelling piece of Canadian history. It is the story of how a tragic incident at the height of the First World War became a living metaphor for the worldwide conflict, and how Halifax arose from the ashes after severe destruction and devastation. In the early hours of December 6, 1917, the Mont Blanc, a French-owned freighter loaded to the gunnel's with thousands of tons of TNT, collided with a Belgian relief ship and exploded in the Halifax Harbour. The explosion was so vast that it killed more than 2,000 people, injured 9,000 more and completely flattened two square kilometers of northern Halifax. The series settles mostly on one family, the Collins, who's eldest son Charlie, a captain in the Royal Canadian Army, who tries to find the rest of his family including his fatally injured father, as well as his mother, and other siblings among the rubble, and later finds himself as a lawyer defending the Mont Blanc's captain, Le Medec, and the harbor helmsman, Fracis Mackay, in court on the tragic explosion by the vindictive authorities looking for a scapegoat in the tragedy.

Keywords: aftermath, belgian, catastrophe, detonation, disaster, explosion, french, halifax-nova-scotia-canada, mass-damage, mass-killing
Genres: Drama, History,

The Ruby Ring (1997)

Actors: Christien Anholt (actor), Todd Boyce (actor), Jeffrey Daunton (actor), Michael Derrington (actor), Rutger Hauer (actor), Ian Sexon (actor), Christopher Staines (actor), Alan Tall (actor), Bridget Biagi (actress), Samantha Bond (actress), Angela Chadfield (actress), Emma Cunniffe (actress), Emma Cunniffe (actress), Emily Hamilton (actress), Iain Andrew (actor),

Plot: Young Lucy McLaughlin's father has lost his job and to help make ends meet she is sent to live with her Grandmother. To help her get over her loss, the old lady gives Lucy a magic ring which will grant her two wishes. But as always is the case with magic, what you wish for can be twisted by the granter of the wishes into something not quite what you wished for.

Keywords: based-on-book
Genres: Adventure, Drama,

The Marva Collins Story (1981)

Actors: Brett Bouldin (actor), Charlie Brown (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor), Mike Genovese (actor), Samuel Muhammad Jr. (actor), Dick Sasso (actor), Jimmie F. Skaggs (actor), Duke Thorbs (actor), Steven Williams (actor), Roderick Wimberly (actor), Gordie Wright (actor), Barbara Basley (actress), Cynthia Collins (actress), Kelly Crosby (actress), Edward Asner (actor),

Plot: In this touching story, a dedicated African-American teacher in an inner-city school in the midwestern United States facing tough odds helps ghetto children to succeed. Meanwhile, she faces an adversarial colleague and a principal who disapproves of her teaching methods. To top it off, some naughty youth regularly mess up the classroom after school to tick the teacher off. We watch as Tyson's character, Marva Collins, manages it all and keeps up both a personal life and her looks.

Keywords: african-american, character-name-in-title, chicago-illinois, teacher
Genres: Biography, Drama,

Cowboy Cavalier (1948)

Actors: Louis Armstrong (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Steve Darrell (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Carol Henry (actor), Ray Jones (actor), Milburn Morante (actor), Bud Osborne (actor), William Ruhl (actor), Arthur 'Fiddlin' Smith (actor), Dub Taylor (actor), Jimmy Wakely (actor), Don Weston (actor), Bob Woodward (actor), Jan Bryant (actress),

Plot: Pat Croft is welcomed back home by her mother, Mary, owner of a stage and freight line, and by foreman Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball. A man, Lance Regan, that Pat met on the stage is hired by Mary when he tells her he knew a man in prison named Patrick Collins. Mason and his henchmen make an attack on an ore shipment, but are driven off by Jimmy, but Lance allows Mason to make a getaway. Later, Lance plots with Mason and his men to hold up another ore shipment after he abandons the stage to Cannonball, but Jimmy arrives in time to save the money chest. He fires Lance for leaving his post, but Mary, after being threatened with blackmail, hires him back. Suspicious of Lance, Jimmy has Cannonball trick him into posing for a picture in order to check up on him. Lanes kills prospector Pete on his way to record a rich mine strike. Jimmy visits convict Collins in prison, who reveals that Mary and Pat are his wife and daughter, and that Lance was his cell mate. Collins escapes from jail to thwart Lance's schemes, but is killed by Lance when his men rob Mary's safe. Jimmy shoots Mason and Lance as the latter flees after his plotting is disclosed.

Keywords: accomplice, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, b-movie, b-western, blackmail, cell-mate, convict, employee, ex-convict
Genres: Music, Western,
Taglines: He packs a SOCK in each SONG...and FURY in each FIST!

They Won't Believe Me (1947)

Actors: Brooks Benedict (actor), Ivan Browning (actor), Anthony Caruso (actor), James Conaty (actor), Harry D'Arcy (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Frank Ferguson (actor), Charles Flynn (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Lee Frederick (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), William Gillespie (actor), Sol Gorss (actor), Wilton Graff (actor), Don Beddoe (actor),

Plot: On trial for murder, Larry Ballantyne regurgitates an unbelievable story. He recounts how he philanders to other women while his rich loving wife Gretta tries to keep him in line. According to Larry, his girlfriend Verna dies accidentally in a car crash and his distraught wife tosses herself over a cliff after he runs out on her. The jury has a tough decision on this one.

Keywords: 1940s, adultery, car-crash, cheating, claim-in-title, cynicism, dead-body-in-river, defense-lawyer, discovering-a-dead-body, doom
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller,
Taglines: The way SHE loved a Man could lead in only one direction - DOWN! He lived a lie that led him from one disastrous love to another! Too Many Women Loved Him! When a man goes to the devil he usually takes a woman with him... this man took THREE!

Quotes:

Larry Ballentine: This is more than just a trip to Montreal.::Greta Ballentine: I know.::Larry Ballentine: I'm leaving... for good.::Greta Ballentine: Did you remember to pack your gold cufflinks?

Larry Ballentine: She looked like a very special kind of dynamite, neatly wrapped in nylon and silk. Only I wasn't having any. I'd been too close to one explosion already. I was powder shy.