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Based on a screenplay by Robert Buckner, the film is about a Union officer who escapes from a Confederate prison and is sent to Virginia City from where his former prison commander is planning to send five million dollars in gold to Virginia to save the Confederacy. The film premiered in its namesake, Virginia City, Nevada. The film was shot in ...
The Deadly Tower (1975) – action drama thriller television film based on the true story of Charles Joseph Whitman, an engineering student and former Marine who murdered his own wife and mother and then killed 14 more people and wounded 31 others in a shooting rampage at the University of Texas at Austin on the afternoon of August 1, 1966 [205]
In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in New York City, or a fictionalized version thereof. The following is a list of films and documentaries set in New York, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The list is sorted by the year the film was released.
These 79 best movies based on true stories prove that truth really can be stranger than fiction. It can also be more heartwarming, shocking, and inspirational.
Madeleine (1950) – British crime drama film based on a true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was tried in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier [13] The Magnificent Yankee (1950) – biographical drama film examining the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr ...
You Gotta Believe is based on the true story of a Little League team's journey to the 2002 Little League World Series. The team traveled from Fort Worth, Texas, to Williamsport, Pa., dedicating ...
"Conclave" is set during a fictional meeting of red-cloaked cardinals who have flocked to the Eternal City to cast ballots for who will lead the world's roughly 1.4 billion Catholics.
This is a list of films and miniseries that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.. True story films [1] gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the production of films based on actual events that first aired on CBS, ABC, and NBC.