A Campaign That Failed (2011)

Actors: Rick Montgomery Jr. (actor), John Newkirk (actor), Morgan Raque (actor), Morgan Raque (miscellaneous crew), Joe Zamora (actor), Alex Nowak (actor), Jared Towler (producer), Dan Ray (writer), Dan Ray (producer), Evan Mitchell (producer), Jeremy Parolini (producer), Wolf J. Sherrill (actor), Hilary Petrokubi (editor), Ben Rood (director), Mark Raque (actor),

Plot: A group of under prepared confederate militia must prepare themselves for war after their negligence leads to the killing of their neighbor's slave. Through first hand experience of the horrors of combat, the men must learn to live with what they witnessed during their time spent fighting in the civil war.

Genres: Drama, History, Short, War,

Inherit the Wind (1988)

Actors: Michael Ensign (actor), David Greene (director), John Gay (writer), Jason Robards (actor), Darren McGavin (actor), Jean Simmons (actress), Robert Papazian (producer), Megan Follows (actress), Kirk Douglas (actor), Arthur B. Rubinstein (composer), Don Hood (actor), John Harkins (actor), Michael Joiner (actor), Richard Lineback (actor), Terry Wills (actor),

Plot: A teacher has taught about evolution in a small town in Tennessee. He has violated state law by doing this. Two great lawyers appear, one to assist in his defense, the other to help prosecute him. The town is divided in many ways which become apparent as the trial progresses. This is a dramatization of the Scopes Monkey Trial that pitted William Jennings Bryan against Clarence Darrow in a real case.

Keywords: 1920s, based-on-play, based-on-true-story, bible-quote-as-title, biblical-quote, civil-rights, clarence-darrow, courtroom, cross-examination, cynicism
Genres: Drama, History,

Quotes:

E.K. Hornbeck: [to Drummond after the judge rules against the admission of scientific testimony] Step right up and get your tickets to the Middle Ages.

Henry Drummond: I'm here to defend a young man holding a candle. I don't want him to get burned.

Rachel Brown: I don't understand it, and what I do understand I don't like. I don't believe I came from apes and monkeys. You see, I really haven't thought very much. I was always afraid of what I might think. It seemed safer not to think at all. Maybe - maybe what Mr. Darwin wrote is bad. Bad or good I think ideas have to come out. I think they should be heard. I don't think they ought to pass laws against them.

Matthew Harrison Brady: People ask whether this trial is to be held in this little town of Hillsboro. I say that the greatest man that ever walked the face of the earth was born in a little town. That town was called Bethlehem. We don't measure greatness by the size of where we live. We measure greatness by those principles we live by. My dear friends. You know, yesterday at that marvelous picnic they gave Lucy and me they were serving watermelon. Hmmm. Delicious. I couldn't help thinking about that watermelon last night. I know. You're all looking at yourself and saying: "Watermelon? What on earth is Brady talking about?" My dear friends, I am talking about the sheer glory of God's creation. Beautiful luscious green on the outside and inside the green a layer of white, and within the white, a core of red. And scattered within that red are little black seeds. Now, each of these seeds gathers from somewhere ten thousand times its own weight to construct another glorious watermelon. Who drew the plan by which these little seeds work their wonder, huh? WHO? Until the scientists of this world can explain to me a watermelon, NEVER let them question the power of the Almighty!

Matthew Harrison Brady: Your Honor, I wish Mr. Drummond to have all the latitude he wants. We know what he's after. He's here to condemn revealed religion. I am here to defend it. Well, let him ask any question he may wish. I am perfectly willing to sit here and protect the world of God against the greatest atheist in the United States! Let him sneer. Let him show his disrespect. [Turns to Drummond] You're only pleading the case of the prosecution with your contempt for all that is holy.

Matthew Harrison Brady: They laughed at me, Lucy. They laughed at me. God forbid I should fail here and now.::Lucy Brady: I know, darling. But, after all, it is just one teacher in Hillsboro.::Matthew Harrison Brady: One? One teacher is enough to bring this country back to where we were before. I tell you, Lucy, we've got to stop them now. Thank God there is still time. I'm drafting a closing argument that will bring the Henry Drummonds of this world to their knees. Listen, Lucy: "Religion isn't hostile to learning. But can we ever permit learning that encourages godlessness in our schools?"::Lucy Brady: Absolutely right, darling. Absolutely right.::Matthew Harrison Brady: God is holding my hand. I can feel the strength of the lion.

Matthew Harrison Brady: Objection! This court can surely see through this subterfuge. Mr. Drummond, by his action, hopes to eliminate BOTH closing arguments. Surely this court will not even consider such a deception.::Judge: Mr. Drummond?::Henry Drummond: We claim the defendant not guilty. But since the court has excluded all testimony of scientific experts, we wish for a verdict from this jury now so that we can carry the matter to a higher court.::Matthew Harrison Brady: I thought I knew every scheming lawyer's trick in the book. But this. From you. [Brady stops Drummond from filing papers into his briefcase] Look at me! Henry, the magnitude of this offense demands that we move and muster every ounce of eloquence and conviction in our closing and then let the jury decide.::Henry Drummond: [quietly] The jury's already decided everything, Matt.

Matthew Harrison Brady: Tonight, in this godly Christian town, there is a young man who has turned his back upon God. Shall we call Hellfire down upon this man?::Crowd: Yes!::Matthew Harrison Brady: For all eternity to let his soul writhe in anguish and damnation?::Crowd: Yes!::Matthew Harrison Brady: Cursed, even though he be thine own brother?::Crowd: Yes!::Matthew Harrison Brady: [Raises his hands to silence the crowd] No. [Lowers his hands] No, my friends. We must never destroy that which we hope to save. Remember the wisdom of Solomon in the book of Proverbs. "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind." Forgive. Forgive this young man. Let the sweet love of our Savior enter his heart tonight and turn away those demons that would destroy him. We love you, Betram Cates, we love you! We love you! Glory be to God, we love you!

Lucy Brady: [Reading from the Bible] "For whoever shall save his life, shall lose it. But whosoever will lose his life for my sake will shall save it. For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world and lose himself or be cast away."::Matthew Harrison Brady: Amen. Oh, yes, yes. I could feel it, Lucy. I could just feel the Holy Spirit in that courtroom today. It was all around me. Guiding me. And judgment will be brought against that young man.::Lucy Brady: Don't be too severe in your judgment, Matt.::Matthew Harrison Brady: Not mine, not the court's, not the jury's. [Points heavenward] God's own judgment will be brought against him.

Lucy Brady: Were you surprised that Henry's coming here?::Matthew Harrison Brady: [Thinks a moment] No. Drummond likes a fight. Remember the way he fought for me in that first election?::Lucy Brady: Yes. This time he's not on your side.::Matthew Harrison Brady: Well, he'll do his job, and I'll try to do mine.

Omega Syndrome (1986)

Actors: Nicole Eggert (actress), George DiCenzo (actor), Colm Meaney (actor), Doug McClure (actor), George Fisher (actor), Xander Berkeley (actor), Thomas Rosales Jr. (actor), Christopher Doyle (actor), Al White (actor), Perla Walter (actress), Dick Warlock (actor), Bill Morey (actor), Doc Duhame (actor), Patti Tippo (actress), Nicholas Carras (composer),

Genres: Action, Drama,

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (1981)

Actors: Pat Hingle (actor), Mark Twain (writer), Edward Herrmann (actor), Cynthia Nixon (actress), Wesley Addy (actor), Philip H. Reisman Jr. (writer), Rex Robbins (actor), Peter H. Hunt (director), Peter H. Hunt (producer), Herbert H. Dow (editor), Kim Eveleth (actress), Kim Eveleth (producer), Joseph Adams (actor), William P. Perry (composer), Gary McCleery (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Sins of Rachel (1972)

Actors: Fred D. Scott (actor), Dick Fontaine (director), Dick Fontaine (producer), Dick Fontaine (actor), Chase Cordell (actor), Mel Sparks (actor), Stephen Lester (actor), C.C. Rider (miscellaneous crew), C.C. Rider (miscellaneous crew), Kirk Honeycutt (actor), Ann Noble (actress), Ann Noble (writer), C.C. Rider (miscellaneous crew), Brett Mariott (actor), Jerry Emerson (actor),

Genres: Drama, Mystery,

A Little Game (1971)

Actors: Katy Jurado (actress), Paul Wendkos (director), Richard Irving (producer), Ed Nelson (actor), Howard Duff (actor), Diane Baker (actress), Helen Kleeb (actress), Michael Economou (editor), George Eckstein (producer), Carol Sobieski (writer), Robert Prince (composer), Christopher Shea (actor), Jason Fithian (actor), Mark Gruner (actor), Fielden Farrington (writer),

Plot: A hostile youngster who will stop at nothing to break up his mother's marriage is suspected of homicide, and his stepfather fears that he may be the boy's next victim.

Keywords: abc-movie-of-the-week, based-on-novel, murder, teenager
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Is this the face of a deadly psychotic who has killed once ... and is about to kill again?

Inherit the Wind (1965)

Actors: Ed Begley (actor), Melvyn Douglas (actor), Murray Hamilton (actor), John Randolph (actor), Diane Baker (actress), George Schaefer (producer), George Schaefer (director), Adrienne King (actress), Burt Brinckerhoff (actor), Robert Hartung (writer), Doug Chapin (actor), Charles White (actor), Harry Ellerbe (actor), O. Tamburri (miscellaneous crew), William LeMassena (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Sunday Spectacular: The Bachelor (1956)

Actors: Joseph Cates (director), Harry Holcombe (actor), Jayne Mansfield (actress), Joseph Cates (producer), Steve Allen (composer), Georgann Johnson (actress), Hal March (actor), Renzo Cesana (actor), Carol Haney (actress), Julie Wilson (actress), Arnie Rosen (writer), Coleman Jacoby (writer), Raymond Bramley (actor),

Plot: A bachelor account executive with an advertising agency, thinks he has the perfect set-up with three girlfriends. And then there is Marion his devoted secretary who worships him and will do anything for him. Steve Allen wrote the music and lyrics to the songs which are, "This Could Be the Start of Something", "Slave Girl", "The Girl in the Grey Flannel Suit", "I'm Simply Starved", "Rogue Male", "Three Cheers and a Tiger", "One Man Woman", "Impossible", and "Little Black Book". A very entertaining musical comedy.

Keywords: advertising-agency, bachelor, day-in-title, multiple-girlfriends, secretary
Genres: Musical,

Timber Stampede (1939)

Actors: Eddie Borden (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Ben Corbett (actor), Earl Dwire (actor), Robert Fiske (actor), Frank Hagney (actor), Sid Jordan (actor), Bob Kortman (actor), Elmo Lincoln (actor), Tom London (actor), Cactus Mack (actor), Monte Montague (actor), Herman Nowlin (actor), George O'Brien (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor),

Plot: The cattlemen graze their cattle in the big pines, but the railroad wants to clear cut the land and sell the timber for profit. Then they can sell the land to another railroad and make a lot of money while destroying the wilderness. Scott and Henry are against them and try to show that Jay and Dunlap are robber barons. First they must stop the phoney homesteading scam and convince Anne, that her glowing tributes to the railroad are unfounded by their greed.

Keywords: cattle, cattleman, duplicity, false-accusation, fistfight, forest, fraud, gunfight, gunfire, gunslinger
Genres: Western,
Taglines: Cattlemen vs. Railroad!..Crashing bullets..Smashing action!..

Quotes:

Matt Chaflin, Hired Gunslinger: I always give a man an even break - unless I know he's faster on the draw than I am.

Sit Tight (1931)

Actors: James Gibbon (editor), Hobart Bosworth (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), James Eagles (actor), Snitz Edwards (actor), Kalla Pasha (actor), Tom Ricketts (actor), Constantine Romanoff (actor), Rex Taylor (writer), Lloyd Bacon (director), Maurice Black (actor), Frank Hagney (actor), Arthur Hoyt (actor),

Genres: Comedy,