Dr. Jim Gateson, a country doctor who has counselled and ministered to his community for 30 years, is being honored with a surprise testimonial dinner. The scenario then flashes back through three decades, commencing with the young GP first hanging up his shingle, serving at the front during WWI, home life being disrupted by telephone calls from those in need, and competition from a new medic in town who doesn't make country calls.
Stuart Erwin
Doctor James Gateros
Barbara Woodell
Sally Gateros
William Wright
Doctor Sylvester
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mayor
Netta Packer
Emily
William Schallert
George Brant
William Newell
Editor (as Bill Newell)
Gloria Grant
Camille
William Forrest
Major
Dr. Jim Gateson, a country doctor who has counselled and ministered to his community for 30 years, is being honored with a surprise testimonial dinner. The scenario then flashes back through three decades, commencing with the young GP first hanging up his shingle, serving at the front during WWI, home life being disrupted by telephone calls from those in need, and competition from a new medic in town who doesn't make country calls.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.
ปีเตอร์และทิมเป็นนักศึกษาคณะนิติศาสตร์ที่กำลังมองหาหนทางที่จะก้าวเข้าสู่สนามรบทางการเมืองในกรุงวอชิงตัน แต่ทั้งคู่ต่างก็มีอุดมคติและจริยธรรมที่แตกต่างกัน ทิมต้องการประกอบอาชีพด้านความยุติธรรม แต่ปีเตอร์ก็มุ่งมั่นที่จะเป็นนายหน้าทางการเมืองรายใหญ่ไม่ว่าจะด้วยวิธีใดก็ตาม แม้ว่าจะหมายถึงการผิดกฎก็ตาม เมื่ออาชีพการงานของพวกเขาผลักดันให้พวกเขาไปอยู่ฝ่ายตรงข้ามทางการเมือง มิตรภาพของพวกเขาจึงต้องปรับตัวให้เข้ากับสถานการณ์ใหม่ ๆ อยู่เสมอ
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.