3 Movies Starring Frank Overton

Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-05-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (809 Reviews)

Director:

Delbert Mann

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Irwin Shaw (screenplay)

Eugene O'Neill (play)

Fullplot:

Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons of two wives Cabot has overworked into early graves. Most bitter is Eben, whose mother had owned most of the farm, and who feels who should be sole heir. When the old man brings home a new wife, Anna, she becomes a fierce contender to inherit the farm. Two of the sons leave when Eben gives them the fare in return for their shares of the farm. Meanwhile, Anna tries to cause some sparks by rubbing up against Eben.

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-03-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (191317 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Mulligan

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Harper Lee (based on her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird")

Horton Foote (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1961. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama a racially divided Alabama town, set in the early 1930s, and modeled after Monroeville where Harper Lee grew up. Finch agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. How will the trial turn out - and will it effect any changes in racial attitudes in Maycomb?

Fail Safe

Fail Safe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-01-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(14056 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Cast:

Writer:

Walter Bernstein (screenplay)

Eugene Burdick (from the novel by)

Harvey Wheeler (from the novel by)

Fullplot:

A series of human and computer errors sends a squadron of American 'Vindicator' bombers to nuke Moscow. The President, in order to convince the Soviets that this is a mistake, orders the Strategic Air Command to help the Soviets stop them.

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