Keyword: governor

Thanks a Million

6.3

1935

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Entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show. One of them (Powell) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate (Walburn) and is chosen to be the candidate by backers he later exposes as crooks.

Captain Blood

7.8

1935

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After treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.

All the King's Men

7.5

1949

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The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.

The Buccaneer

6.5

1958

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During the War of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.

Nation Aflame

3

1937

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Believing they can make a ton of money, a gang of opportunists uses the countrys racial and ethnic tensions to start a Ku Klux Klan-type organization.

Isle of Missing Men

7

1942

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A penal colony governor invites a ravishing blond vagabond to join him for a week on his island prison grounds, unaware that she has manipulated their meeting for ulterior motives.

Ada

6.6

1961

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Political drama about a honest but naive gubernatorial candidate who is manipulated by his corrupt campaign manager and is forced to temporarily cede power to his wife, a woman of integrity despite her shameful past.

Breakheart Pass

6.8

1975

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John Deakin is being transported, as a prisoner, on a train with supplies and medicine to Fort Humboldt, Nevada.

Skipped Parts

6.4

2000

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An ungrounded young mother and her thoughtful teenage son are banished to a remote provincial town by her domineering father.

A Fire in the Sky

6.1

1978

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Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.

Blaze

5.9

1989

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A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.

The Reagans

5.8

2003

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The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagans last day in office as President in 1989.