The Big Valley (2012)

Actors: John Savage (actor), Lee Majors (actor), Sanford Hampton (producer), Buck Taylor (actor), Sara Paxton (actress), Straw Weisman (producer), Betsy Cox (costume designer), Richard Dreyfuss (actor), Aidan Quinn (actor), Ritchie Montgomery (actor), Louis F. Edelman (writer), Randy Herman (actor), Jullian Dulce Vida (actor), Lawrence Turner (actor), Steven J. Brandman (producer),

Plot: Heath, the illegitimate son of murdered millionaire rancher Tom Barkley, arrives in Stockton, California in 1876 to assert his claim on the Barkley family fortune. Based on the hit television series of the same name which originally starred Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Majors and Linda Evans.

Genres: Western,

Carson City (1952)

Actors: Thurston Hall (actor), Vince Barnett (actor), Don Beddoe (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Russ Clark (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Charles Evans (actor), Tom Greenway (actor), William Haade (actor), John Halloran (actor),

Plot: Banker William Sharon becomes desperate that his gold and silver shipments from Carson City to Virginia City are the helpless targets of a band of outlaws called "The Champagne Bandits." In true Robin Hood-fashion, after robbing the stage of its bullion, they treat its passengers to a fried chicken picnic replete with champagne. Sharon becomes convinced that the only way to foil the gang is to build a railroad to carry the ore, but that will take an extraordinary engineer in such mountainous territory. Sharon finds his man in brawling adventurer Jeff Kincaid, an experienced hand at difficult jobs and former resident of Carson City who knows the difficult terrain very well. It becomes a reunion of sorts as Kincaid's half brother works for the local newspaper, but they soon become rivals for the affections of Susan Mitchell, the publisher's daughter. Kincaid also has to fight the town's hostility to his boisterous railhands and ongoing efforts by the outlaws to sabotage the project.

Keywords: adventurer, avalanche, bail, banker, barroom-brawl, brother-brother-relationship, carson-city-nevada, cave-in, cigar-smoking, city-in-title
Genres: Action, Romance, Western,

Quotes:

'Big' Jack Davis: Never fight your own battles when you can get somebody else to.

'Big' Jack Davis: We'll give him a fair trial, won't we, boys.::Robbie Dolby: Sure, we'll hang him legal... after we're through with him.

'Big' Jack Davis: It looks as if your newspaper hadn't quite the influence we thought it had.::Zeke Mitchell: Well, as long as I got ink to print it with, I'm going to keep on trying.

Zeke Mitchell: You don't agree with me, do you?::Susan Mitchell: As you're so fond of saying, quote: 'I disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it!'

'Big' Jack Davis: Rob the poor and you get a posse of outraged citizens after you. Rob a mine owner and nobody cares

Zeke Mitchell: This will be a different town if you put a railroad in here, you know that.::Silent Jeff Kincaid: It could stand a little wakening up.::Zeke Mitchell: I happen to like it the way it is.::Silent Jeff Kincaid: Growing pains are always a little tough. But you can't get to be an adult without them. That goes for towns too.::Zeke Mitchell: That depends on what you mean by being an adult.

Charles Crocker: Henry!::Henry: [Walking into the room] Yes, sir?::Charles Crocker: Jeff Kincaid's in town!::Henry: Yes, sir.::Charles Crocker: Find him!::Henry: Yes. Whe-where shall I look for him, sir?::Charles Crocker: Well, you know him, don't yuh?::Henry: Yes, sir.::Charles Crocker: Then you know where to look. [He gives Henry a dismissive gesture]::Henry: [Reluctantly going] Yes, sir.

Alan Kincaid: [Disparagingly, obviously angry over what he perceives to be Susan's change of affection to Jeff] The big engineer! Big talk about Panama... San Francisco... You know, she can't see me anymore. I'm just a guy who's been here all along.::Silent Jeff Kincaid: Stop feeling sorry for yourself! I have enough trouble without having to wipe your nose. If you're such a good man, grow up and act like one!

Gentleman Jim (1942)

Actors: Monte Blue (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Walter Byron (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Hal Craig (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Wade Crosby (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Dudley Dickerson (actor),

Plot: Because boxing is a considered an illegal and disreputable enterprise in 1880's San Francisco, wealthy and influential members of the prestigious Olympic Club vow to make the sport a "gentlemanly" one. They sponsor a brash, extroverted young bank clerk named Jim Corbett, who quickly becomes an accomplished fighter under the new Marquis of Queensbury Rules. Despite his success, the young Irish-American's social pretensions and boastful manner soon estrange him from his benefactors, who plot to give their conceited former protege a well-deserved comeuppance. Despite this, his dazzlingly innovative footwork helps him to beat a succession of bigger and stronger men, and he finally finds himself fighting for the world's championship against his childhood idol, John L. Sullivan.

Keywords: 1890s, 19th-century, bank, bank-teller, barbary-coast, bare-knuckle-boxing, benefactor, blackface, boxing, breaking-the-fourth-wall
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport,
Taglines: The grandest story of the Naughty "Nineties" becomes the gayest picture of the Fighting "Forties!"

Quotes:

Victoria Ware: [after being kissed by Corbett] Fine way for a gentleman to behave.::James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: Oh, darling, that gentleman stuff never fooled you, did it? I'm no gentleman.::Victoria Ware: In that case, I'm no lady. [they kiss again]

[repeated line]::Walter Lowrie: The Corbetts are at it again! The Corbetts are at it again!

Judge Geary: We'll take in a few clean-cut boys from good families, and if we can't make you fighters into gentlemen, we'll try to make some gentlemen into fighters.

Victoria Ware: ...you know there really aren't two sides of the tracks to San Francisco. There's only the lucky and the unlucky, those that happened to grab the right moment and those that didn't, and don't you let this Nob Hill crowd deceive you either. After all, we all started out with the same wooden washtubs.

James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: [to Victoria Ware] That's the girl! You just keep pulling for me to lose, will you? That's the way I like it! Bring me good luck!

James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: Well, Miss Ware, if I get knocked out, I hope you'll throw a little water on me.::Victoria Ware: When you get knocked out, Mr. Corbett, I'll throw some champagne on you.::James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: Yeah, uh, well, make sure it's good champagne.

Pat Corbett: Do you see that hand?::Harry Corbett: [In unison] Yes.::Mary Corbett: [In unison] Yes.::George Corbett: [In unison] Yes.::Pat Corbett: Well, you're gazin' on the hand that shook the hand of John L. Sullivan!::George Corbett: John L. Sullivan?::Harry Corbett: John L. Sullivan?::Mary Corbett: John Sullivan?::Ma Corbett: [Emphasizing the middle initial] John L. Sullivan!::James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: Well, what are you planning to do with it?::Pat Corbett: Well, I'm not even gonna wash it!

James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: [Watching his inebriated father's weaving walk home] Here comes Pop! Uh, he's walkin' the tightrope again.

James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: I've seen you around San Francisco a few times but from a long distance, of course.::John L. Sullivan: Well, seein' me from a long distance is a smart idea, young fella.

James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: The first time I saw you fight I was just a bit of a kid. There wasn't a man alive who could have stood up to you then. And tonight, well, I was just mighty glad that you weren't the John L. Sullivan of ten years ago.::John L. Sullivan: Is that what you're thinkin' now?::James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: That's what I was thinking before I got into the ring with you.::John L. Sullivan: That's a fine decent thing for you to say, Jim. I don't knopw how we might have come out, oh, say, eight or ten tears ago. I... maybe I was faster then, but if I was, tonight you're the fastest thing on two feet

The Iron Horse (1924)

Actors: J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), Dick La Reno (actor), Chief John Big Tree (actor), Sid Jordan (actor), Fred Kohler (actor), Cyril Chadwick (actor), James Gordon (actor), George Brent (actor), Harvey Clark (actor), Danny Borzage (actor), John Webb Dillon (actor), George Brent (actor), Thomas Carr (actor), Willie Fung (actor), James A. Marcus (actor),

Plot: Springfield, Illinois. Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west, but Marsh, a contractor, is sceptical. Abraham Lincoln looks on as their children, Davy Brandon and Miriam Marsh, play together. Brandon sets off with Davy to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy buries his father... Years pass. It is 1862 and Lincoln signs the bill authorizing construction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways. Marsh is principal contractor and Miriam is engaged to Jesson, the chief engineer... Crews of Chinese, Italians, and Irish work to build the railway while resisting Indian attack. When the pay train is delayed by Indian ambush, the Italians go on strike. Miriam persuades them to return to work... Marsh needs to find a shortcut through the Black Hills. To finish on time, he needs to shorten the route by 200 miles. Bauman, the biggest land owner, wants the route to stay the same - through his land. Marsh has entrusted Jesson with finding the new route. Bauman has Ruby, a saloon girl, persuade Jesson to do otherwise... Davy, now a pony express rider, recalls his father's discovery. He sets off to find the pass. He goes alone, except for Jesson...

Keywords: american-indian, epic, intercontinental-railroad, native-american, railway, springfield-illinois, street-shootout, train
Genres: Western,
Taglines: THE WEDDING OF THE RAILS! ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST THRILLING HISTORICAL DEEDS--THE DRIVING OF THE LAST SPIKE FOR THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD (original ad - all caps) Blazing the Trail of Love and Civilization A Romance of the East And West