Crandall

Mistaken Identity (2004)

Actors: Renata Green-Gaber (writer), Renata Green-Gaber (director), Renata Green-Gaber (actress), Christina Mauro (actress), Renata Green-Gaber (producer), Christina Mauro (producer), Christopher Liebe (actor), Madden Page (actor), Sean Douglas (actor), Martin George (actor), Matt Stasi (actor), Don Max (actor), Matthew D. Sullivan (editor), Michael White (actor), Joe Romano (actor),

Plot: Margaret, a mousy office worker, avoids her unsatisfying life by escaping into her daydreams. When she is invited to a birthday party for Mr. Wonderful, her friend Carly tries to help her find a new self image. Ultimately, Margaret must find a sense of self esteem to live in the real world, where she discovers that sometimes who you are can be better than you ever imagined...

Genres: Comedy, Short,
Taglines: Sometimes who you are can be better than you ever imagined...

13 Dead Men (2003)

Actors: Lewis Schoenbrun (editor), Lorenzo Lamas (actor), Nick Stellate (actor), Art Camacho (director), Art Camacho (writer), Al Burke (actor), Diane Collins (miscellaneous crew), Jesse H. Rivard (producer), Jacov Bresler (producer), Tanya York (producer), Mark Parra (actor), Mia Riverton (actress), Kevin Brewerton (actor), Scott Pfeiffer (producer), Jackson Bolt (actor),

Plot: Set in a prison, a death row inmate has a secret and the warden will go to any lengths to get it. Things dont go as planned as you would expect. A good action film with alot of good fight scenes and an interesting twist at the end.What we have learned to expect from Art Camacho

Keywords: fight, heist, inmate, martial-arts, mixed-martial-arts, prison, violence, warden
Genres: Action, Crime,

Dead Man's Gun (1997)

Actors: French Tickner (actor), Malcolm Stewart (actor), John Glover (actor), John Ritter (actor), Jay Brazeau (actor), Roman Podhora (actor), Walter Marsh (actor), Kris Kristofferson (actor), Alex Diakun (actor), Alf Humphreys (actor), Duncan Fraser (actor), Matt Frewer (actor), Michael Hogan (actor), Teryl Rothery (actress), Frank Whaley (actor),

Plot: It is only a gun - not a common gun but its mystery is not the unusual manufacture but the fact that it is a dead man's gun. Three stories follow the fate of successive holders of this haunted weapon. The Great McDonacle is a second-rate trick shot artist; in his hands the gun cannot miss even the most difficult shots, but doesn't make him quite fast enough. Jack Fleetwood steals the gun from its sleeping owner; he can salt a mine with it and cheat an honest farmer by convincing him to buy this worthless mine, but the con man can be conned. Cole finds the gun on a skeleton; a fast draw becomes a reality, but tragedy comes to his brother. At the end, the gun is returned to the skeleton, waiting for its next victim.

Keywords: anthology, curse, street-shootout
Genres: Western,

Quotes:

Norbert Datry: A kingsnake eats nothing but other snakes... preferably rattlesnakes. That is his sole diet. You see, it would go against my nature to cheat an honest man. But the other kind... I sleep like a baby!

Jack Fleetwood: Did you ever go fishing, Norbert?::Norbert Datry: Sure, lots of times. I'm good at fishing.::Jack Fleetwood: All right. If you want to catch a fish, you have to think like one. You have to think, where would I be hiding? Gold mining is like that. You have to think like what you want to find... and ask yourself, "If I was gold, where would I be hiding" - and look there!

Jack Fleetwood: Try to understand, Norbert, finding gold isn't the hard part.::Norbert Datry: It's not?::Jack Fleetwood: No, the hard part is keeping it.

Harry McDonacle: You don't know it, but you're about to witness a legend being made.::Brittany: You look the same to me.

Cole: Maybe I am different. But I beat those men. It's not the gun... it's me.

Narrator: In the American West, a gun touched by evil passed from hand to hand, changing the lives of all who possessed it. As its legend grew, it became known as... "the dead man's gun".

Willy: Like I said before, Cole, ain't no good can come from a dead man's gun. Get rid of it! Throw it away!::Cole: For him, not me!

Jack Fleetwood: I cannot in good conscience allow myself to be party to this deception.::Palmer Lewis: How much?::Jack Fleetwood: I beg your pardon?::Palmer Lewis: How much is your conscience going to cost me?

Brittany: Aren't you supposed to be married?::Harry McDonacle: Forbidden fruit always tastes the sweetest.

Brittany: What about you wife?::Harry McDonacle: What about her? She stuck with me when I was nobody. She has faith in me. She's kind... loyal.::Brittany: If that's all you want, Harry, why not get a dog?

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984)

Actors: Peter Billingsley (actor), Clive Revill (actor), Misha Segal (composer), Richard Deacon (actor), Peter Baldwin (director), Hamilton Camp (actor), Dick Van Patten (actor), Benny Baker (actor), Bill McLean (actor), Alice Ghostley (actress), Alice Ghostley (actress), Arlene Golonka (actress), Gabe Kaplan (actor), Jerry Houser (actor), John Finnegan (actor),

Plot: Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes...

Keywords: based-on-novel, chicken, escape, family-relationships, giant-chicken, hoboken-new-jersey, mayor, neighbor, new-jersey, thanksgiving
Genres: Comedy, Family,

Caravans (1978)

Actors: Anthony Quinn (actor), Michael Sarrazin (actor), Barry Sullivan (actor), Joseph Cotten (actor), Behrouz Vossoughi (actor), Jennifer O'Neill (actress), Renié (costume designer), Christopher Lee (actor), Mohamad Ali Keshavarz (actor), Jeremy Kemp (actor), Elmo Williams (producer), Richard Marden (editor), Mohammad Kahnemout (actor), James Fargo (actor), James Fargo (director),

Plot: The story happens in 1948, in a fictional country, called Zakharstan (in the novel "Caravans" is probably Afghanistan). Mark Miller (Michael Sarazyn) is a young U.S. Embassy employee who is responsible to follow Ellen Jasper (Jennifer O'Neill), the daughter of Senator Jasper, who later has married Colonel Nazrullah (Behrouz Vossoughi) and disappeared. During the investigation, Mark Miller (Michael Sarazyn) realizes that Ellen Jasper (Jennifer O'Neill) has escaped from her husband, Colonel Nazrullah (Behrouz Vossoughi), living among a tribe whose leader is Zulffiqar (Anthony Quinn). He will fail to convince her to be reunited with his father. But, Mark Miller (Michael Sarazyn) has realized that the leader of tribe is an outlaw who resists against the government's proposals for a permanent settlement of his tribe and also with cooperation of another rebel man, Shakkur (Mohamad Ali Keshavarz), are engaged to Russian arms trafficking ...

Keywords: 1948, afghanistan, american-diplomat, arms-smuggling, based-on-novel, camel, caravan, desert, disappearance, forced-settlement
Genres: Action, Adventure, History,
Taglines: The Power, the Sweep, the Spectacle of James Michener's Epic Desert Adventure!

Marked Woman (1937)

Actors: Edwin August (actor), Kenneth Harlan (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Harlan Briggs (actor), Charles K. French (actor), Jack Byron (actor), Noble 'Kid' Chissel (actor), Eduardo Ciannelli (actor), Tom Coleman (actor), James Conaty (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Arthur Aylesworth (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), John Harron (actor),

Plot: In this roman-a-clef for the infamous Lucky Luciano Trial, Mary Dwight and four roommates work as hostesses at the Club Intime, a "clip joint" that offers gambling, liquor, and female companionship to the "big spender" clientèle. When ruthless thug and pimp Johnny Vanning takes over all the clubs in town, the girls are forced to follow Vanning's rules and kick back on their "tips" in exchange for protection. Although she is not a hardened old hand like Gabby and Estella, Mary knows enough to sidestep Vanning's amorous advances. Unfortunately the more naive Mary Lou is impressed by Vanning's oily veneer of materialism and accepts invitations to "entertain" at the gangster's private parties. Mary's naive younger sister Betty arrives from college just when Mary and her roommates are arrested as material witnesses in the murder of one of the casino's non-paying customers. Vanning's corrupt lawyer frees the others but pressures Mary to commit perjury in order to discredit crusading District Attorney David Graham. Disillusioned by her sister's lifestyle. Betty consents to accompany Emmy Lou to one of Vanning's private parties where the gangster ends up killing her for not submitting to the advances of one of the party's guests. Mary decides to tell the truth to the D.A., and is beaten to disfigurement by one of Vanning's hoods. Even so, Mary agrees to testify - and at her bedside, all the other hostesses decide to follow her example in the coming hearing. [original by Gabe Taverney]

Keywords: abused-woman, accidental-death, bandage, big-city, boss, champagne, clip-joint, college-student, court, crooked-lawyer
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Music, Thriller,

Quotes:

Mary Dwight Strauber: I'll get you, even if I have to crawl back from the grave to do it!

Johnny Vanning: [talking to the hostesses in an intimidating manner] I'm taking over this joint. From now on you're working for me. Most of you know how I operate. If you don't, read the papers and find out!

David Graham: Uh, pardon me, but I don't believe a word you're sayin'!::Mary Dwight Strauber: You think I'm pretty low, don't you?::David Graham: Now, what do you expect me to think? I meet a lot of people in this job. Some of them I feel sorry for because they - they just can't help themselves. They don't know any better. They're the misfits of the world. But you, you're not that kind. You know what's right and you know what's wrong. You know better, but you just won't do anything about it. You choose to think that you can get through the world by outsmarting it. Well, I've learned that those kind of people generally end up outsmarting themselves. And that's exactly what's going to happen to you. And I won't feel a bit sorry about it, because, lady, you've got it coming to you.::Mary Dwight Strauber: Thanks for telling me.

Mary Dwight Strauber: Please don't ask me to talk. He'll kill me.::David Graham: Now you help me to prove that he was responsible for this and I'll put him where he won't kill anybody.::Mary Dwight Strauber: You don't know what he's like! He stops at nothing. People just disappear and are never heard of again. I don't want that to happen to me.

Mary Dwight Strauber: Betty. Betty, listen to me. You know, I've done an awful lot for you.::Betty Strauber: All you've ever done for me is mess up my life. Fixed it so the things that I wanted to have, I can't have anymore. All right. If I can't live one way, I can live another. Why not? I'm young and pretty and...::Mary Dwight Strauber: And dumb.::Betty Strauber: But you're smart. You can teach me the rest.

David Graham: I thought they were your friends.::Mary Dwight Strauber: So did I.

Estelle Porter: Oh, you can understand that, can't you, Mary?::Mary Dwight Strauber: I only understand that Betty was my sister, that Vanning killed her, and that you won't help me do anything about it.

Mary Dwight Strauber: I'm sick of making deals.::Dorothy 'Gabby' Marvin: Well, you wanna keep on living, don't you?::Mary Dwight Strauber: If this is what you call living, I don't want any part of it. Always being afraid. Never knowing from one day to the next what's going to happen to you. I'm fed up with being afraid of Vanning or anybody else. There must be some other way for me to live. If there isn't, I... well, I'd just as soon put a bullet in my head right now and end it.

David Graham: Mary, I'd like to help you.::Mary Dwight Strauber: Why?::David Graham: Why? Because I... because I think you've got a break coming to you.::Mary Dwight Strauber: And?::David Graham: And I'd like to see that you get it.

Vanning's Lawyer: He can't be bought. Is that plain enough?::Johnny Vanning: Yeah. Too plain. Anybody that wouldn't take dough is crazy. Crazy men are dangerous. A guy like that is liable to get too big and really put the clamps down. And where will we be?::Vanning's Lawyer: Oh, I've got a little something worked out that will take care of that possibility.::Johnny Vanning: Is it cute?::Vanning's Lawyer: Everything I do is cute.

Speed Wings (1934)

Actors: John Rawlins (editor), William Bakewell (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Horace McCoy (writer), Otto Brower (director), Hooper Atchley (actor), Tim McCoy (actor), Vincent Sherman (actor), Evalyn Knapp (actress), Ben Hewlett (actor), Jack Long (actor), Frank Tomick (actor),

Genres: Action,

Upperworld (1934)

Actors: Robert Greig (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), Clay Clement (actor), James P. Burtis (actor), Jack Cheatham (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Sidney De Gray (actor), Andy Devine (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Frank Conroy (actor), Jay Eaton (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), John Elliott (actor), Ferdinand Gottschalk (actor), Howard C. Hickman (actor),

Plot: A rich railroad tycoon, bored with his marriage (his wife has no time for him -- she's too busy giving parties and sailing on yachts) starts seeing a showgirl. This are going OK until the girl's manager/boyfriend, seeing his chance to make some big money, decides to blackmail him.

Keywords: blackmail, burlesque-theater, chauffeur, dead-woman, deception, fingerprints, gun, gunfire, love-letter, marriage
Genres: Drama,

The Night Mayor (1932)

Actors: Maurice Wright (editor), Wade Boteler (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Eugene Pallette (actor), Larry Steers (actor), Astrid Allwyn (actress), Evalyn Knapp (actress), Benjamin Stoloff (director), Vince Barnett (actor), Don Dillaway (actor), Eddie Foster (actor), Sherry Hall (actor), Warren Hymer (actor), Eddie Kane (actor), Frank McClure (actor),

Plot: Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before his name was out of the newspapers. Tracy plays a mayor who has a penchant for the night life, sports, the theater, and an actress, Knapp. When scandal rocks his administration, Tracy has his girl friend marry Dillaway, a writer friend, so that the press will leave him alone.

Keywords: mayor, melodrama
Genres: Drama,

Burning Daylight (1920)

Actors: Edward Sloman (director), Robert Bolder (actor), Arthur Edmund Carewe (actor), Albert S. Le Vino (writer), Jack London (writer), Alfred Allen (actor), Mitchell Lewis (actor), William V. Mong (actor), Louis Morrison (actor), Gertrude Astor (actress), Helen Ferguson (actress), Edward Jobson (actor), Aaron Edwards (actor), Newton Hall (actor),

Genres: Drama,