Una vita tranquilla (2010)

Actors: Maurizio Donadoni (actor), Zoe Simijonovic (miscellaneous crew), Steffi Hiller (miscellaneous crew), Toni Servillo (actor), Alice Dwyer (actress), Juliane Köhler (actress), Philip Voges (producer), Mischa Hofmann (producer), Andreas Wellano (actor), Clemence Forestier (miscellaneous crew), Frank M. Ahearn (actor), Marilena La Ferrara (miscellaneous crew), Jessica Petzold (miscellaneous crew), Hans-Joachim Heist (actor), Nick Dong-Sik (actor),

Plot: The story of a man who murdered thirty-two people, gained power, and then got afraid because too many people wanted to kill him. One August morning, he disappeared. For fifteen years, everyone believed him dead. Instead, he was living in a little hotel near Frankfurt, with a wife and a young German son. Then, when the trains filled with waste departed from Naples, the past climbed on board. This is the story of a man who, while trying to kill a chestnut tree with a copper nail, was grabbed from behind by his past. And was forced to settle the score.

Keywords: camorra, car, coma, false-identity, father-son-relationship, female-nudity, frankfurt-germany, hunter, italian-in-germany, italian-restaurant
Genres: Crime, Drama,

The Human Factor (1979)

Actors: Otto Preminger (director), Tom Stoppard (writer), Graham Greene (writer), Marianne Stone (actress), Tony Haygarth (actor), Otto Preminger (producer), Derek Jacobi (actor), Frank Williams (actor), Richard Vernon (actor), Robert Morley (actor), Martin Benson (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Kay Mander (miscellaneous crew), Saul Bass (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking a file with him -to meet his girlfriend Cynthia- the brass fears he may be the leak to Moskow, and allows Dr. Percival to terminate the 'risk factor' by poisoning to avoid a scandal. In fact Davis's desk chief, Maurice Castle, is the double agent since the South African communists helped him smuggle out his black lover Sarah M., meanwhile his wife and mother of schoolboy Sam, to force him to cooperate with the Apartheid government. When Cornelius Muller, the South African official who failed to get him in Pretoria's power, visits London for the anti-communist operation Uncle Remus, he points out Castle still is the natural suspect...

Keywords: abandoning-one's-amily, africa, bachelor, based-on-novel, bathroom, bedroom, betrayal, bicycle, book, briefcase
Genres: Drama, Thriller,

Quotes:

Maurice Castle: Davis calls all children "little bastards".

Executive Action (1973)

Actors: Dick Miller (actor), Robert Ryan (actor), Burt Lancaster (actor), John F. Kennedy (actor), Ed Lauter (actor), Robert F. Kennedy (actor), Will Geer (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Walter Brooke (actor), Lyndon Johnson (actor), John Anderson (actor), Nikita Khrushchev (actor), Robert Karnes (actor), Jacqueline Kennedy (actress), Rutanya Alda (actress),

Plot: This fictionalized speculation posits that a covert group of rogue intelligence agents, ultra-conservative politicians, unscrupulously greedy business interests, and free-lance assassins become increasingly alarmed at President Kennedy's policies, including his views on race relations, winding down the Viet Nam War, and ending the oil depletion allowance. They decide to terminate him through an "executive action" utilizing two teams of well-trained snipers during JFK's visit to Dallas and place the blame on supposed CIA operative Lee Harvey Oswald as the lone assassin.

Keywords: anti-capitalism, archive-footage, assassin, assassination, assassination-of-president, businessman, capitalist-conspiracy, cia, cia-agent, conservative
Genres: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller,
Taglines: Their Goal...Assassination. November 22, 1963...Accomplished! The schemers... the plotters... and the hush men behind the assassination of an American president. Assassination conspiracy? The possibility is frightening. To this day, they remain somewhere among us... these people responsible for November 22, 1963!

Quotes:

James Farrington: Tell me, sir, to what do you acribe your great good health?::Ferguson: Hard liquor and soft women.::[they laugh]

Oswald Imposter: Why don't you take a flying screw at the moon and charge it to me?

Chris: Yeah, I got his rifle. It's a 6.5 millimeter Italian Carcano. It shoots high and to the left, and the bolt sticks. Christ, the Italians quit makin' these 25 years ago! They called it "The rifle that never hurt anyone... on purpose!"

Foster: Ah well, it's only over. And there'll be nothing can we call our own but death. That small model of the barren earth which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings.

TV Commentator: In the three years after the murders of John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald eighteen material witnesses died, 6 by gunfire, 3 by motor accidents, 2 by suicide, 1 by a cut throat, 1 by a karate chop to the neck, 3 by heart attacks, 2 from natural causes. An actuary engaged by the London Sunday Times concluded: On November 22, 1963, the odds of these witnesses being dead by Feb. 1967 are one hundered thousand trillion to one.

Oswald Imposter: If I was a doctor, and I wanted to give the world an enema, I'd stick the nozzle right here in Dallas, Texas.

Foster: [speaking to Farrington] Dallas has one of the highest murder rates in the country. In the last two years, the Secret Service has established 149 threats against Kennedy's life from Texas alone, yet they send him into hostile territory with no more protection than you and I would arrange for a favorite dog.

Blunder Boys (1955)

Actors: Jules White (producer), Moe Howard (actor), Shemp Howard (actor), Kenneth MacDonald (actor), Benny Rubin (actor), Emil Sitka (actor), Frank Sully (actor), Al Thompson (actor), Larry Fine (actor), Jules White (director), Felix Adler (writer), Angela Stevens (actress), Anthony DiMarco (editor), Marjorie Jackson (actress), Barbara Bartay (actress),

Plot: The stooges go to criminology school and graduate with the lowest possible honors. The boys join the police force and are assigned to track down a crook called the "Eel", who disguises himself as a woman. The stooges track the Eel to a hotel, but he slips through their hands after a wild chase. The stooges are booted off the force and wind up as ditch diggers.

Keywords: axe, reverse-footage, slapstick, the-three-stooges
Genres: Comedy, Short,
Taglines: Turkish night in a ladies bath!

Quotes:

Moe: I'm Halliday. [holds up his badge]::Larry: I'm Terriday. [holds up his badge]::Shemp: I'm St. Patricks Day! [holds up a shamrock]

Moe: By the way, I'm Halliday. [holds out a pickaxe]::Larry: I'm Terriday. [holds out a shovel]::Shemp: I'm Labor Day [holds out a shovel]::Larry: And with us now, every day is Labor Day!

Alma Matter: I see you've decided to major in criminology.::Moe: That's right, ma'am. All we want is the facts, ma'am.::Shemp: We chose criminology because it's scientific.::Larry: Indeed! In a lexicon of crime, it is theoretically propounded that passion, inhibition, and delinquency are the major contributing factors.::Moe: Not to mention corruption of mind, detestations, and schizophrenia, if I may be so sesquipedalian.::Shemp: A jerk with a quirk may do the work. Or, a Turk with a dirk may stick a clerk.

Moe: I'm Halliday.::[holds up his badge]::Larry: I'm Terriday.::[holds up his badge]::Shemp: I'm St. Ground Hog Day!::[holds up a package of pork sausage]

D.O.A. (1950)

Actors: Hugh O'Brian (actor), Harold Miller (actor), Bill Baldwin (actor), Frank Cady (actor), Peter Leeds (actor), George Lynn (actor), Lawrence Dobkin (actor), Roy Engel (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Frank Gerstle (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Neville Brand (actor), Jess Kirkpatrick (actor), Frank Jaquet (actor), Edmond O'Brien (actor),

Plot: Small-town accountant Frank Bigelow goes to San Francisco for a week's fun prior to settling down with fiancée Paula. After a night on the town, he wakes up with more than just a hangover; doctors tell him he's been given a "luminous toxin" with no antidote and has, at most, a week to live! Not knowing who did it or why, Bigelow embarks on a frantic odyssey to find his own murderer.

Keywords: 1950s, abandoned-factory, accountant, acronym-in-title, attempted-murder, bill-of-sale, business-convention, cable-car, cult-film, dead-on-arrival
Genres: Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: A picture as excitingly different as its title!

Quotes:

Dr. MacDonald: Of course, I'll have to notify the police. This is a case for Homicide.::Frank Bigelow: Homicide?::Dr. MacDonald: I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow. You've been murdered.

Frank Bigelow: Forget the bills. You know that coat you want? Get it.::Paula Gibson: You are drunk.

Chester: Don't get cute. I'm just itchin' to work you over.

Majak: He's not afraid. You can tell from a man's eyes when he is afraid. Look at his eyes.

Chester: That's the way I wanna see you go, Bigelow... nice and slow.

Frank Bigelow: I can breathe and I can move, but I'm not alive because I took that poison, and nothing can save me.

[last lines]::Deputy: How shall I make out the report on him, Captain?::Captain: Better make it "dead on arrival."

[first lines]::Homicide Detective: Can I help you?::Frank Bigelow: I'd like to see the man in charge.::Homicide Detective: In here...::Frank Bigelow: I want to report a murder.::Homicide Captain: Sit down. Where was this murder committed?::Frank Bigelow: San Francisco, last night.::Homicide Captain: Who was murdered?::Frank Bigelow: I was.

Paula Gibson: You're just like any other man, only more so.

Frank Bigelow: The woman always gets hurt more than the man.

All My Sons (1948)

Actors: Al Murphy (actor), Edward G. Robinson (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), Howard M. Mitchell (actor), Bob Perry (actor), Harry Harvey (actor), Jerry Hausner (actor), Herbert Heywood (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), Frank Conroy (actor), Howard Duff (actor), Harry Morgan (actor), Burt Lancaster (actor), Charles Meredith (actor), William Ruhl (actor),

Plot: All My Sons tells the story of Joe Keller, a successful, middle-aged, self-made man who has done a terrible and tragic thing. He framed his business partner for a crime and engineered his own exoneration. Now, his son is about to marry the partner's daughter, the affair is revisited, and his lie of a life is unraveled.

Keywords: aircraft-industry, based-on-play, betrayal, brother, defect, duplicity, engagement, family-relationships, father-son-relationship, gambling
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Jim Bayliss: Put her to bed, Joe. Both of you go to bed. Staying up won't help; sleep will. Sleep's a wonderful thing, the best thing about living.

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Actors: Tom Conway (actor), Edward Cooper (actor), Billy Bevan (actor), John Abbott (actor), Charles Bennett (actor), David Clyde (actor), Frank Baker (actor), Ted Billings (actor), John Burton (actor), Harry Allen (actor), Walter Byron (actor), Colin Campbell (actor), Leonard Carey (actor), Frank Atkinson (actor), Jules Cowles (actor),

Plot: The Minivers, an English "middle-class" family experience life in the first months of World War II. While dodging bombs, the Minivers' son courts Lady Beldon's granddaughter. A rose is named after Mrs. Miniver and entered in the competition against Lady Beldon's rose.

Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, air-raid, airplane-accident, architect, based-on-novel, blockbuster, bomb-shelter, bombing, character-name-in-title
Genres: Drama, Romance, War,
Taglines: VOTED THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE! In Her Arms . . . He Felt A Quiet Peace No Terror Could Disturb "Mrs. Miniver" is more than a picture -- It's dramatic. It's tender. It's human. It's real.

Quotes:

Carol Beldon: I know how comfortable it is to curl up with a nice, fat book full of big words and think you're going to solve all the problems in the universe. But you're not, you know. A bit of action is required every now and then.

Clem Miniver: She was a good cook, as good cooks go. And as good cooks go, she went.

Vicar: This is the People's War. It is our war. We are the fighters. Fight it then. Fight it with all that is in us and may God defend the Right.

Kay Miniver: I think it's lovely having flowers named after you.

Kay Miniver: But in war, time is so precious to the young people.

Mr. Ballard: What goes to make a rose, ma'am, is breeding... and budding... and horse-manure, if you'll pardon the expression.::Mr. Ballard: And that's where you come in, ma'am.

Kay Miniver: Did you know that the 12th Lord Beldon was hanged?::Lady Beldon: He was beheaded! Such things happen in the best families. In fact, usually in the best families.

Vicar: We, in this quiet corner of England, have suffered the loss of friends very dear to us - some close to this church: George West, choir boy; James Bellard, station master and bell ringer and a proud winner, only one hour before his death, of the Belding Cup for his beautiful Miniver rose; and our hearts go out in sympathy to the two families who share the cruel loss of a young girl who was married at this altar only two weeks ago. The homes of many of us have been destroyed, and the lives of young and old have been taken. There is scarcely a household that hasn't been struck to the heart. And why? Surely you must have asked yourself this question. Why in all conscience should these be the ones to suffer? Children, old people, a young girl at the height of her loveliness. Why these? Are these our soldiers? Are these our fighters? Why should they be sacrificed? I shall tell you why. Because this is not only a war of soldiers in uniform. It is a war of the people, of all the people, and it must be fought not only on the battlefield, but in the cities and in the villages, in the factories and on the farms, in the home, and in the heart of every man, woman, and child who loves freedom! Well, we have buried our dead, but we shall not forget them. Instead they will inspire us with an unbreakable determination to free ourselves and those who come after us from the tyranny and terror that threaten to strike us down. This is the people's war! It is our war! We are the fighters! Fight it then! Fight it with all that is in us, and may God defend the right.

Clem Miniver: Good ol' Vin.::Kay Miniver: Good luck, Vin!

Vicar: Good evening, lady Beldon. [to Lady Beldon who has just entered the railway compartment he is already sharing with Mrs. Miniver]::Lady Beldon: Good evening, vicar. Oh,oh, shopping's absolutely impossible nowadays! You can't get near the counter and when you do, they haven't got it and you pay twice as much for it.::Vicar: [laughs] What a wonderful description!::Lady Beldon: [to her servant] Sit down Simmons and don't snip! [to the vicar] My dear man, I spent the whole afternoon being pushed around by middle-class females buying things they can't possibly afford.::Kay Miniver: Oh, dear, that means me.::Lady Beldon: Oh, no, much worse!

Go Chase Yourself (1938)

Actors: George Irving (actor), John Ince (actor), Granville Bates (actor), Joseph E. Bernard (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Billy Dooley (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), Billy Franey (actor), Otto Fries (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Edward Hearn (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor),

Plot: When the First Union National Bank of Williamstown is robbed, the three bank robbers get away by hitching their car to Wilbur's trailer. When the police find part of Wilbur's coat in front of the open safe, they suspect bank teller Wilbur of being in on the robbery. But according to Carol, Wilbur is not smart enough to rob a bank and it shows. While on the run, they come into contact with Julie, the copper heiress, and make plans to have Wilbur help kidnap her. Of course, Wilbur has no clue as to their true intentions.

Keywords: arranged-marriage, bag-of-money, bank-robbery, bank-teller, cat, chase, dog, escape, false-accusation, french
Genres: Comedy, Crime,

Head Office (1936)

Actors: Irving Asher (producer), Bruce Lester (actor), H.F. Maltby (actor), Charles Carson (actor), Philip Ray (actor), Owen Nares (actor), Melville W. Brown (director), Nancy O'Neil (actress), Hilda Bayley (actress), Arthur Margetson (actor), Ronald Simpson (actor), Eileen Peel (actress), Esma Lewis (actress), Alexis France (actress), Hugh Preston (writer),

Genres: Drama,