Omagh (2004)

Actors: Tony Blair (actor), Charlie Bonner (actor), Tony Brown (actor), David Cairnduff (actor), Des Cave (actor), Billy Clarke (actor), Chris Corrigan (actor), Brendan Coyle (actor), Lorcan Cranitch (actor), Gerard Crossan (actor), Desmond Daly (actor), Louis Dempsey (actor), Alan Devlin (actor), Stephen Don (actor), Peter Ballance (actor),

Plot: 15 August 1998: the Real IRA exploded a bomb on a crowded street in Omagh, just into Northern Ireland, to halt the Good Friday accords and peace process; 29 people died. Families formed the Omagh Support Group to press the police in their inquiries. The film focuses on the Gallagher family, who lose their son Aiden. His father, Michael, a mechanic, becomes chair of the support group. The press for answers strains his relationship with his wife. High-ranking police speak in bromides. Shadowy figures offer intelligence that calls into question the integrity before and after the bombing of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and its Special Branch. Will the murders remain unsolved?

Keywords: advance-warning-of-a-bombing, ambulance, army, atrocity, auto-mechanic, barn, based-on-true-story, bbc, belfast-ireland, belfast-telegraph
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Michael Gallagher: There's Catholics in this room, and Protestants, and Mormons - Marion's here - and some of us believe in God, and now maybe some of us have no God.::Michael Gallagher: But I can tell you this, we're not going to get anywhere unless we do it together. That's the truth of the matter. [crowd: Here, here]

Michael Gallagher: [on meeting Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein leader] Where's Lawrence? Stanley wouldn't come on principle, nor Godfrey or Ann Wilson. We should have spoken to the others at the very least, Lawrence. You didn't handle this right, you're gonna upset the whole group.::Laurence Rush: Are you coming or not? Gerry Adams is in a room there. And he's gonna have to face ME.

Michael Gallagher: [on meeting Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein leader] Mr Adams, my brother was murdered by an IRA gunman in 1984. No witnesses came forward for that either. So they got away. I agree with you - let's put the past behind us. That was my brother then. But this is my son now. The war is supposed to be over. You say you want to build a new Northern Ireland. A peaceful Northern Ireland. But how can we build a peaceful Northern Ireland unless you help us bring his killers to justice?

Michael Gallagher: [final scene, addressing the media pack] The day our loved ones lost their lives and our families were torn apart, we were told that everything would be done to bring their killers to justice. To learn today that they have failed us, before the bomb, after the bomb, and are still failing us now. To have that knowledge, however distressing, however shocking means that we can at last move forward. I would like to announce today that we will be pursuing our own legal action against the Real IRA. Against those who support and fund it. And those who are responsible for this dreadful atrocity. But more than that: we would like to call into account the security forces, and the police, and the politicians in London, Belfast, and Dublin. They have promised us so much but have so far singularly failed to deliver. We speak not just for ourselves. We speak for the victims of terrorism of whatever tradition. And all those victims of terror wherever it happens. We will not go away. We will not be quiet. We will not be forgotten.

Connections (1993)

Actors: Luca Barbareschi (actor), Mathieu Chardet (actor), Gioele Dix (actor), Bernard Escalon (actor), Jean-Pierre Gos (actor), Christian Gregori (actor), Steve Kalfa (actor), Patrick Lapp (actor), Philippe Mathey (actor), Jacques Michel (actor), Laurence Montandon (actor), Jacques Penot (actor), Bob Presner (actor), Valentin Rossier (actor), Pierre Banderet (actor),

Genres: Thriller,

Dark Age (1987)

Actors: Robert Anderson (actor), Jeff Ashby (actor), Adrian Barber (actor), Paul Bertram (actor), Cameron Blakely (actor), Ron Blanchard (actor), William Brady (actor), Burnham Burnham (actor), Barry Cummings (actor), Luke Cummings (actor), Gerry Duggan (actor), James Fitzgerald (actor), Christopher Gay (actor), Barry Graham (actor), Chris Anderson (actor),

Plot: In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that has been killing and eating the local populace. During the hunt, one of the guides discovers that he has an ESP connection to the giant creature.

Keywords: animal-attack, answering-the-telephone, apology, australian-aboriginal, australian-saltwater-crocodile, axe, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, blonde
Genres: Adventure, Horror,
Taglines: Death is only one bite away.

Joni (1979)

Actors: Barry Hamilton (actor), John Holland (actor), Cooper Huckabee (actor), Ernie Hudson (actor), Guy Korte (actor), Richard Lineback (actor), Michael Mancini (actor), Jay McKenna (actor), John Milford (actor), Sean Morgan (actor), Stephen Parr (actor), Bert Remsen (actor), Bill Sorrells (actor), Douglas M. Webb (actor), Jeff Austin (actor),

Genres: Biography, Drama,
Taglines: Sometimes where the body is held captive the Spirit is set free

Who Was That Lady? (1960)

Actors: Jack Benny (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), William Boyett (actor), Wally Brown (actor), Alan Carney (actor), Tony Curtis (actor), Art Gilmore (actor), Joe Gray (actor), Ron Hayes (actor), Larry Keating (actor), Mike Lane (actor), Dean Martin (actor), John McIntire (actor), William Newell (actor), Mark Allen (actor),

Plot: In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.

Keywords: apartment, bare-feet, barefoot, based-on-play, bed, bedroom, blond, blond-sisters, caught-kissing, cbs
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: A light-hearted leer at love among the adults! (poster)

Beyond Mombasa (1956)

Actors: Eddie Calvert (actor), Leo Genn (actor), Dan Jackson (actor), Edward Johnson (actor), Christopher Lee (actor), Clive Morton (actor), MacDonald Parke (actor), Roy Purcell (actor), Ron Randell (actor), Julian Sherrier (actor), Bartholomew Sketch (actor), Cornel Wilde (actor), Virginia Bedard (actress), Donna Reed (actress), Tony Owen (producer),

Genres: Action, Adventure,
Taglines: DISTANT DRUMS TOLD OF DANGER! (original print ad - all caps) DISTANT DRUMS ECHO THE APPROACH OF THE GUN-LADEN SAFARI AND THE WHITE BEAUTY! (original print ad - all caps) LOVE -- MORE PRICELESS THAN THE URANIUM TREASURE THEY SOUGHT! (original print ad - all caps)

Quotes:

Ralph Hoyt: It's my burden to be sane in a demented age.

Swing Shift Maisie (1943)

Actors: Kirk Alyn (actor), Arthur Belasco (actor), William Bishop (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Frederick Brady (actor), Charles D. Brown (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), George Chandler (actor), Jimmy Conlin (actor), James Craig (actor), Donald Curtis (actor), Mark Daniels (actor), Jim Davis (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor),

Plot: Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.

Keywords: character-name-in-title, maisie-series, menage-a-trois, sequel
Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

Fred - Blind Date: [about Iris] A genuine 4-F would waste his time on 'her,' Phooey!

Tough As They Come (1942)

Actors: Paul E. Burns (actor), Jimmy Butler (actor), Gabriel Dell (actor), John Eldredge (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Antonio Filauri (actor), James Flavin (actor), John Gallaudet (actor), Huntz Hall (actor), Billy Halop (actor), Dick Hogan (actor), Paul Kelly (actor), Clarence Muse (actor), George Offerman Jr. (actor), Bernard Punsly (actor),

Plot: This entry in Universal's "Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys" series is minus "The Little Tough Guys" and has only four members of "The Dead End Kids" gang. Consequently, "The Little Tough Guys" are not working for a finance company,and, for that matter, neither are the "Dead End Kids" as a group. Tommy Clark is the only one of the group that includes Pig, aka Albert , Ape and String, gainfully employed in any manner and he is working for a crooked finance company that charges the borrowers 36% interest (compounded) and more, and is constantly repossessing radios, furniture, taxi cabs and anything else the poor people of the slums buy on time payments. Tommy, who went to work for the company because the job paid more than a trainee's job he was offered in the District Attorney's office, finally sees the light and turns "stolen" evidence from the finance company over to the D.A's office.

Keywords: 1940s, archive-footage, bowery-manhattan-new-york-city, collector, crook, crusader, district-attorney, evidence, finance, friendship
Genres: Crime, Drama,
Taglines: The Gang Takes Over the Law

The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)

Actors: Jack Baxley (actor), Don Brodie (actor), James B. Carson (actor), Monte Collins (actor), Jerome Cowan (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Rube Demarest (actor), William Demarest (actor), Richard Denning (actor), James Flavin (actor), Willie Fung (actor), William Haade (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian (actor), Irving Bacon (actor),

Plot: The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night, Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill's cigarette case at the scene of the crime. While being questioned at the club, she meets Vance who's investigating the homicide. After Gracie's bungled attempts to solve the case, Vance decides it might be easier to have her working with him. Despite Gracie's "help," the two eventually find the real killer.

Keywords: 1930s, actress-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actress-shares-first-name-with-character, actress-shares-last-name-with-character, butler, character-name-in-title, chauffeur, cigarette-smoking, damsel-in-distress, elevator-boy
Genres: Comedy, Mystery,

Quotes:

Detective: The Chief wants to see you.::Gracie Allen: The Chief? Oh, certainly! I just love Indians.

Maitre d': I'll get you a waiter right away.::Gracie Allen: Make it two. I'm starved.

Philo Vance: The question is, then, why would the killer have brought the body here?::Gracie Allen: Well, they've got a wonderful floor show.

Gracie Allen: How about some pansies?::Florist: Well, frankly, my pansies are drooping.::Gracie Allen: Oh, well then, you should wear suspenders.

Women in Prison (1938)

Actors: Dick Curtis (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), John Dilson (actor), Eddie Fetherston (actor), Bud Geary (actor), Thurston Hall (actor), Bud Jamison (actor), Scott Kolk (actor), Arthur Loft (actor), Lee Prather (actor), Al Rhein (actor), Lee Shumway (actor), Gene Stone (actor), John Tyrrell (actor), Frank Cordell (actor),

Plot: Daisy Saunders ('Mayo Methot' (qv)), a hard-boiled gangster's moll hijacks her bank-robbing pals of their loot, hides it and has herself arrested to escape the mob's vengeance and is sent to prison. Gangster Barney Morse ('Arthur Loft' (qv))schemes to get her out of prison on parole and make her reveal where she has hidden the stolen money. When Martha Wilson (Sarah Padden'), superintendent of the women's prison, refuses to recommend Daisy to the parole board. Morse then frames Martha's daughter Ann ('Wyn Cahoon' (qv))o0n a manslaughter charge and she is sentenced to serve ten years in her mother's prison.

Keywords: 1930s, ambush, b-movie, bank-robber, california, cat-fight, cell-mate, cigarette-smoking, clip-joint, damsel-in-distress
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: DRAMA TORN FROM THE BREAKING HEARTS OF WOMEN IN STRIPES (original poster-all caps) "ONCE A MAN CALLED ME DARLING! NOW THEY CALL ME NO.144228" (original poster-all caps) WOMEN TOO DANGEROUS TO BE FREE! TOO BEAUTIFUL TO FORGET! (original poster-all caps) A FLAMING INFERNO OF FEMALE FURY! (original print ad-all caps) FRAMED into the "Big House"...with her own mother her jailer! (original print ad)