Norman Logan and William Tritt both live in the same boarding house. Tritt is a teller at a local bank and Logan is convinced the Tritt cheated him out of $200 on a deposit he made a year ago. Since that time he has been harassing Tritt in an attempt to get him to admit his error, but to no avail. Logan then hatches a plot to discredit Tritt in the eyes of his superiors at the ...
After a cavalry charge during the 1916 U.S. "war against Pancho Villa," unheroic awards officer Tom Thorn (who is obsessed with the nature of courage) recommends 4 men for the Medal of Honor. He is ordered back to Cordura with them...and prisoner Adelaide Geary, gringo who sheltered the enemy. On the arduous journey, Thorn's heroes show a different face, and Thorn may have one ...
In the not too distant future (1980, to be exact) life expectancy has increased dramatically and JJ Bunce provides an essential service. He approaches John Treadwell and informs him that his elderly relative, now in her 80's and who lives with him full-time, will live at least another 32 years. Bunce's offer is quite simple: he will dispose of her for a fee. Initially Treadwell...
根据1925年真实案件“猴子审判”（也称“斯科普斯案”）改编。一名美国高中生物老师因在课堂教授进化论，被州**起诉。案件轰动整个美国，教会势力前来小镇声援，教授、科学家等另一阵线也来支持，加上媒体的持续报道，令小镇顿时热闹起来。
政治家马修·哈里森·布拉迪（弗雷德里克·马奇饰演）代表控方出庭，辩方律师则由著名律师亨利·德鲁蒙德（斯宾塞·屈塞饰演）代表。审讯期间，两人针锋相对，渐渐成为一场关于进化论与创世纪、科学与宗教的世纪大辩论。
片名取自圣经箴言书 11:29 “扰害己家的，必承受清风”。
