Paul Biegler (James Stewart) returns to the town of “Iron City” from a fishing trip. Beaten out of office as public prosecutor, Biegler ekes out a living as a run-of-the-mill attorney, and “in the evenings, I sit around, drink bourbon whiskey and read law with Parnell Emmett McCarthy, one of the world’s great men.” […]

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Under a title card proclaiming “This Is A True Story,” we’re introduced to the city of Chicago, “a city of brick and brawn, concrete and guts, with a short history of violence beating at its gut” according to our narrator. The chroniclers of this history are the newspapermen working for publications like The Chicago Daily […]

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In Cibolo County, Texas, hunters discover the body of an illegal named Melquiades Estrada (Juan Cedillo). Authorities - including a brusque sheriff played by Dwight Yoakam - act like they’re doing a favor for ranch foreman Pete Perkins (Tommy […]

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With a title card promising “A story of industry, of individual enterprise, humanity crusading in the pursuit of happiness,” we’re introduced to a Factory Worker (Charlie Chaplin) at the Electro Steel Corp. His job is to tighten bolts on an endless assembly line.
Work has left him with a nervous tick, which causes him to […]

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