Deacons for Defense (2003)

Actors: Beau Starr (actor), Forest Whitaker (actor), Jonathan Silverman (actor), Francis X. McCarthy (actor), Tyrone Benskin (actor), Paulino Nunes (actor), Alan C. Peterson (actor), Boyd Banks (actor), Matt Birman (actor), Gene Mack (actor), Daniel Kash (actor), Craig Eldridge (actor), Ossie Davis (actor), Bill Duke (director), Michel Colombier (composer),

Plot: The words "Black Power" bring back memories of names like Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Eldridge Cleaver, but in Bogalusa, LA a group of harassed Afro-Americans had decided they'd had enough and took up arms to defend themselves and force the white power structure to listen to them. This took place during "Freedom Summer", 1964, right after the Civil Rights Act had become law. Fact based movie stars Forest Whitaker and Ossie Davis, the former as the founder of the Deacons of Defense and Justice (DDJ) and the latter as a peaceful minister trying to prevent the unavoidable violence that will follow. The story revolves around the white-controlled factory which provides 70% of the town's income and employees 40% of its people. Segregation is still clinging on within the factory, with blacks denied the supervisory positions and forced into separate lunchrooms, bathrooms, and drinking fountains. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has its strongest power in this area and, as the DDJ gets armed the KKK brings in more members from throughout the U.S. There will be a war!

Keywords: civil-rights-movement, docudrama, ku-klux-klan, vigilante
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

[Getting ready to start the armed patrols of their neighborhood]::Marcus Clay: We started with five men. Now look at us- larger, stronger. [shouts] Let me hear it.::All: [shouting] Yes, sir.::Marcus Clay: Each squad stays within 100 yards of the other squad. Use your whistles. Don't start talkin' and bunchin' up with other squads. Use your eyes. See them before they see you. All right, let's go. [shouts] Never again.::All: [shouting] Never again.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Till peace comes at last.::All: [shouting] Till peace comes at last.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Deacons for defense.::All: [shouting] Deacons for defense.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Deacons for defense.::All: [shouting] Deacons for defense.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Deacons for defense.::All: [shouting] Deacons for defense.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Deacons for defense.::All: [shouting] Deacons for defense.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Go do it.::All: [shouting] Yeah

[leading KKK rally]::William Chase: Now we have a white company like Patterson Paper telling us how to run our lives. Taking our jobs. Spreading communism and niggerism to our community. They are taking our way of life. Tonight, I ask you to stand tall... stand proud... exalt in your whiteness... in your intelligence... in your superiority. It's our turn now. White Power, rain down on this great country of ours.::[shouts]::William Chase: White power.::All: [shouting] White power.::William Chase: [shouts] White power.::All: [shouting] White power.::William Chase: [shouts] White power.::All: [shouting] White power.::William Chase: [shouts] White power.::All: [shouting] White power.

[Some members want Marcus removed as leader of the Deacons]::Rev. Gregory: I have been living in fear of the Klan all my life. Was bred in me as a child, and it made me less than a man. But all of that has changed because of you. You freed me, son. You woke up something in me, so don't you stop. Don't you dare stop. And tomorrow, I'm gonna be marching with you, and I'm gonna march every day to change what's happening down here. And there ain't gonna be no change in leadership. Ain't gonna be no steppin' down. Marcus is still in charge.

[dropping two civil right workers off at the county line]::Lawson: Now the only reason you boys ain't hurtin' is because you got the same skin color as God. But this is a one-time pass. Remember what happened to those northern boys in Mississippi.::[Sheriff smacks Deane across the mouth]::Lawson: Y'all know which way to go.::[Sheriff drives away then Deane walks back]::Michael Deane: Let's go.::Charles Hillibrand: What are you kidding me?::Michael Deane: No, I'm not kidding.::Charles Hillibrand: They're not fooling around, Michael. They *will* kill us. Why are you willing to die for this? Do you hear me?::Michael Deane: Why, Charlie? Because our skin, is *not* the same color as God's.

[filmed evidence of KKK activity by local leaders is presented to a judge]::Christenberry: I'm looking at photos and films of Bogalusa, and all I see are Confederate flags. Is there not one American flag in the town of Bogalusa?

[discussing ways to fight the Klan]::Archie: But Marcus, ain't we taking this a little too far?::T.J.: It's called for, and you know it, Archie.::Marcus Clay: If this is an army of one, then this is an army of one. I gave my word.::Otis: Gentlemen, I've been waiting for this day, my whole life.

Lightning: Fire from the Sky (2001)

Actors: Eric Bruno Borgman (actor), Michael Jacobs (producer), Bruce D. Johnson (producer), John Schneider (actor), Jesse Eisenberg (actor), Michele Greene (actress), Chase Masterson (actress), Stacy Keach (actor), Tim Jones (composer), Barbara Crampton (actress), Joseph Broido (producer), David Giancola (director), David Giancola (writer), Laszlo Bene (miscellaneous crew), Jayson Argento (actor),

Plot: Sheriff Tom Dobbs takes a dim view of his bright, nerdy son Eric's fascination with meteorology, unlike his physics teacher. Eric has an original theory to predict an exceptionally devastating storm, bout the St. Louis regional met office director refuses to take them seriously, just like Tom. After the facts prove Eric right, the town suffers apocalyptic damage. Eric tells dad he sees one way out.

Keywords: boy-genius, cable-car, childbirth, construction-site, corruption, dead-brother, devastation, electrocution, exploding-airplane, father-daughter-relationship
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi,

Assassin (1986)

Actors: Robert F. Hoy (actor), Chuck Courtney (actor), Sandor Stern (director), Robert Conrad (actor), Jonathan Banks (actor), Robert Webber (actor), Sandor Stern (producer), Sandor Stern (writer), Allan Graf (actor), Patrick Gorman (actor), Nancy Lenehan (actress), Karen Austin (actress), Scott Lincoln (actor), Len Birman (actor), Richard Young (actor),

Plot: A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials. That will be not an easy task, because the robot looks human and it was specifically builded to be an efficient killer, not to mention that it is almost invulnerable.

Keywords: android, assassin, bionics, diary, dog, double-agent, dream-sequence, espionage, government-corruption, hotel
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: Stanton Thought He Had Fought His Final Mission ... Think Again! Part Flesh. Part Steel. All Killer. Terminate with extreme prejudice

Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)

Actors: Parley Baer (actor), David Carradine (actor), James Doohan (actor), Michael Parks (actor), Larry Storch (actor), Ann-Margret (actress), Mimsy Farmer (actress), Ethel Griffies (actress), Nan Martin (actress), Elliott Kastner (producer), Jean Louis (costume designer), Rosemary Odell (costume designer), Folmar Blangsted (editor), David Winters (miscellaneous crew), Brad Dexter (actor),

Plot: A young man returns home after a three year tour of duty in the navy only to find things are somewhat different from when he left. His kid sister has grown into a young woman, the job he thought was waiting for him turns out to have some unique conditions, and perhaps most importantly his former sweetheart has married a wealthy and much older man. Disillusioned, he drifts from job to job while trying hard to avoid the advances of his former girlfriend, who is unhappy in her marriage and longs for something extra. While all he wants to do is make something of his life, his will power will be put to the ultimate test.

Keywords: brother-sister-relationship, character-name-in-title, ex-boyfriend-ex-girlfriend-relationship, heartbreak, homecoming, mortician, small-town
Genres: Drama,

Wagons West (1952)

Actors: Buddy Roosevelt (actor), Bob Reeves (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Rod Cameron (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Ralph Moody (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Ken Cooper (actor), Tex Driscoll (actor), Frank Ferguson (actor), Riley Hill (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), Merrill McCormick (actor), Tom Smith (actor),

Plot: Jeff Curtis (Rod Cameron), a wagon-master on his way to accept the job of leading a pioneer train from Joplin, Missouri to the Oregon territory, picks up Ben Wilkins (Michael Chapin), a young boy who has run away from the train because train captain Cyrus Cook (Frank Ferguson) wouldn't allow him to take his dog on the trip. He meets Ben's sister, Ann (Peggy Castle), and this leads to a conflict with Cook's nephew, Clay (Henry Brandon), who has his own plans for Ann that does not include her kid brother and his dog. The trip west has a lot of problems, mostly Indian raids by a tribe who are buying rifles from two members of the wagon train. Which two? Rest assured it ain't the kid and his dog.

Keywords: 1970s, b-movie, b-western, boy, braggart, cheyenne-indian, cheyenne-tribe, cimarron-river, contraband, covered-wagon
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance, Western,
Taglines: MILE-BY-MILE THEY FOUGHT THEIR WAY WESTWARD!...Through Hostile Territory and Countless Unseen Dangers! When CHEYENNE TERROR Swept The Plains! CHEYENNE on the Warpath! Above The Savage Cheyenne War Cries Sound The Challenge...'WAGONS WEST!"...In Blazing COLOR FROM THE DANGEROTS MISSOURI TO THE GUN-SMOKED CIMARRON LAY 400 TREACHEROUS MILES OF WAGON TRAIL!

Quotes:

Clay Cook: Why didn't you shoot, Curtis?::Jeff Curtis: Same reason I wouldn't let your uncle kill the dog. You might be useful on this trip.

Jeff Curtis: We might as well get this straight right now. You give all the orders you want, but not to me. I don't work for you.::Cyrus Cook: You've been hired...::Jeff Curtis: I was hired, but not by you! The minute I take over responsibility for this wagon train, I'm working for every man, woman and child in it. I'll see that you get where you're going. That's my job.

Archie Lawrence: How much?::Cyrus Cook: It's about $25 a wagon.::Archie Lawrence: Twenty-five... Oh, I don't know. That's a lot of money.::Cyrus Cook: Wagon bosses don't work cheap.::Archie Lawrence: Ah, is this horse worth that to ya?::Cyrus Cook: Does the saddle come with the deal?::Archie Lawrence: It's a little warm for Christmas, ain't it, Mister?

Ann Wilkins: We're very grateful to you for what you did.::Jeff Curtis: [referring to the beating he just gave to Ann's boyfriend, Clay] Oh, I guess somebody would have had to do it to him sooner or later.::Jeff Curtis: [rubbing his jaw] It wasn't all one-sided.::Ann Wilkins: I meant we're grateful for bringing Ben home!::Jeff Curtis: Oh. Well, that was a pleasure, too.

Jeff Curtis: Did you make this?::Ann Wilkins: I did. As good as pheasant, Mr. Curtis?::Jeff Curtis: Better.::Ben Wilkins: [to his dog] Come on, Buzz. Some roughneck.

[last lines]::Ben Wilkins: [as Jeff takes Ann into his arms] Some roughneck.

Opening crawl: The courage and strength of the men and women who settled the United States in the westward movement of the Nineteenth Century has become an honored and legendary part of our history. The pioneering spirit of these people, remarkable as it was could not have proved so effective without direction and guidance. A handful of men, known as wagonmasters, made it their business to guide pioneer families westward across the mountains and the plains. Whatever their motive might have been in choosing such careers, the fact remains that without them our colonization of the West would have taken a lot longer than it did. This is the story of one such wagonmaster - Jeff Curtis.

Ben Wilkins: Why didn't you let Jeff slug him, Marshal? He had it comin'.::Jim, Joplin Marshal: Whatever he has coming will catch up to him. It always does, son.

Sam Wilkins: [referring to Jeff] He's quite a man.::Ann Wilkins: From what I hear he's a irresponsible roughneck!::Sam Wilkins: Irresponsible? I wouldn't say that. But in ths part of the country, it helps to be a roughneck.

Jeff Curtis: Wagons west!

The Bushwhackers (1951)

Actors: Lawrence Tierney (actor), Lon Chaney Jr. (actor), Wayne Morris (actor), Stuart Randall (actor), Jack Elam (actor), Kit Guard (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Frank Marlowe (actor), John Ireland (actor), Eddie Parks (actor), Michael Jeffers (actor), Ted Jordan (actor), Norman Leavitt (actor), George Lynn (actor), Jack Tornek (actor),

Plot: Plot here has Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arriving in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, and intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor, an arthritic despot, and his henchies, Sam Tobin and Cree, are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad. The plot nearly predates "The Great Train Robbery" in age but the gritty execution and well-acted performances take it out of the norm... way out, in a couple of instances. Brassy Myrna Dell is on hand as Taylor's independent daughter, only slightly less meaner than her father, and the always welcome Dorothy Malone is the pretty school marm on the side of good. Needless to say, Ireland's passive outlook on life changes before the end.

Keywords: ex-confederate, female-gunfighter, opening-action-scene
Genres: Western,
Taglines: REVENGE - Frightening in it's Naked Fury!

Quotes:

Jefferson Waring: I can't feel a thing for ya, Taylor. You're a beaten old man and I'm not sorry. You've ruined so many lives yours isn't even a down payment.

Lover Come Back (1946)

Actors: George Brent (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), George Chandler (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), Wallace Ford (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), William Hudson (actor), Lloyd Ingraham (actor), George Davis (actor), Perc Launders (actor), Edward Martindel (actor),

Plot: Kay Williams, an executive with Styles, Inc., is true to her absent husband Bill despite much harassment for dates from co-workers. But when Bill finally returns from Europe, it becomes increasingly evident to Kay that he has been a world- class philanderer. Still loving him, Kay decides to take gentle revenge by making him think she does likewise. Ensuing comic events ridicule the double standard at every opportunity.

Genres: Comedy,

You're Next (1940)

Actors: Roscoe Ates (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), Monte Collins (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), Dudley Dickerson (actor), John T. Murray (actor), Del Lord (producer), Hugh McCollum (producer), Harry Edwards (writer), John Grey (writer), Elwood Ullman (writer), Del Lord (director), Art Seid (editor),

Plot: Slocum and Pruitt are two bumbling private detectives tracking a mad scientist, "Baby-Face" Wessell," who looks like he just stepped out of a 1930s Universal horror film. They get involved with secret panels, an ape, underground tunnels and mis-matched stock footage.

Keywords: 1940s, ape, archive-footage, cave, cellar, chase, confusion, danger, detective, farce
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Short,

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Actors: Cary Grant (actor), Edward Gargan (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Billy Bevan (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), D'Arcy Corrigan (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), Barry Fitzgerald (actor), Billy Franey (actor), Jack Gardner (actor), Duke Green (actor),

Plot: Mild mannered zoology professor Dr. David Huxley is excited by the news that an intercostal clavicle bone has been found to complete his brontosaurus skeleton, a project four years in the construction. He is equally excited about his imminent marriage to his assistant, the officious Alice Swallow, who is interested in him more for his work than for him as a person. David needs the $1 million endowment of wealthy dowager Mrs. Carleton Random to complete the project. Her lawyer, Alexander Peabody, will make the decision on her behalf, so David needs to get in his favor. However, whenever David tries to make a good impression on Peabody, the same young woman always seems to do something to make him look bad. She is the flighty heiress Susan Vance. The more David wants Susan to go away, the more Susan seems not to want or be able to. But David eventually learns that Alexander Peabody is her good friend, who she calls Boopy, and Susan's Aunt Elizabeth, with whom David has also made a bad impression without her knowing who he is, is Mrs. Carleton Random. However getting in Aunt Elizabeth and Boopy's good graces is not as easy as Susan smoothing the waters with them. Throw into the mix a tame pet leopard named Baby that Susan's brother Mark inexplicably sends her from Brazil, Aunt Elizabeth's big game hunting friend Major Horace Applegate, Aunt Elizabeth's pet terrier George who has a penchant for burying bones and other things, and a traveling circus passing through town and David may never be able to finish his project or make it to his wedding. But David may come to the realization that there is something more important in his life.

Keywords: 1930s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, alcohol, arrest, aunt-niece-relationship, auto-theft, bathrobe, behind-the-eight-ball, big-game-hunter, bone
Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Quotes:

Susan Vance: There *is* a leopard on your roof and it's my leopard and I have to get it and to get it I have to sing.

David Huxley: Now it isn't that I don't like you, Susan, because, after all, in moments of quiet, I'm strangely drawn toward you, but - well, there haven't been any quiet moments.

Susan Vance: You mean you want *me* to go home?::David Huxley: Yes.::Susan Vance: You mean you don't want me to help you any more?::David Huxley: No.::Susan Vance: After all the fun we've had?::David Huxley: Yes.::Susan Vance: And after all the things I've done for you?::David Huxley: That's what I mean.

Susan Vance: Well, don't you worry, David, because if there's anything that I can do to help you, just let me know and I'll do it.::David Huxley: Well, er - don't do it until I let you know.

[In jail]::Susan Vance: Anyway, David, when they find out who we are they'll let us out.::David Huxley: When they find out who *you* are they'll pad the cell.

David Huxley: How can all these things happen to just one person?

Mrs. Random: Well who are you?::David Huxley: I don't know. I'm not quite myself today.::Mrs. Random: Well, you look perfectly idiotic in those clothes.::David Huxley: These aren't *my* clothes.::Mrs. Random: Well, where *are* your clothes?::David Huxley: I've *lost* my clothes!::Mrs. Random: But why are you wearing *these* clothes?::David Huxley: Because I just went *GAY* all of a sudden!::Mrs. Random: Now see here young man, stop this nonsense. What are you doing?::David Huxley: I'm sitting in the middle of 42nd Street waiting for a bus.

David Huxley: When a man is wrestling a leopard in the middle of a pond, he's in no position to run.

Alice Swallow: Oh David, what have you done?::David Huxley: Just name anything, and I've done it.

[David discovers the leopard in Susan's bathroom]::David Huxley: Susan, you have to get out of this apartment!::Susan Vance: I can't, I have a lease.

Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)

Actors: Warner Baxter (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Dick Botiller (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Sam Ash (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Pedro de Cordoba (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Nigel De Brulier (actor), Bruce Cabot (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor), Frank Campeau (actor), Duke Green (actor),

Plot: In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.

Keywords: accidental-death, attempted-murder, bandit, based-on-book, california, class-distinction, engagement, evil-man, exile, false-accusation
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western,
Taglines: LOVER .. BANDIT .. PATRIOT NOT SINCE "IN OLD ARIZONA" - such a romantic triumph! Cast of thousands! A Year to make it! (original print ad) HERO or BANDIT? It is a long time since Warner Baxter appeared in "In Old Arizona". You will like him equally well in this sweeping romance! (original print ad) LEADER of Men...and of WOMEN! Not since Warner Baxter thrilled you in "In Old Arizona", such a glorious figure! Not since "Viva Villa" such magnificent romance! (original poster) MURRIETA...Robin Hood of the gold rush - a bandit defying a nation for love! (original print ad) "Let Them Pay!" - They have robbed me of everything...home...land...love! I will not rest until they have paid...IN BLOOD! (original print ad)