Word: warden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...escapades he has never hurt anyone. "In some of his periods of frustration, he may have been slightly threatening," says Lou V. Brewer, warden of the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, where Bobbie is presently incarcerated. "But he's never followed through on any threat. He's just a big old affable...
...further chided for neglecting to mention any "idealistic" or "effective penologists." I did mention quite a few of these and told what became of them. Examples: Tom Murton, prison warden brought to Arkansas in 1967 by Governor Winthrop Rockefeller-fired by Rockefeller (and blacklisted in his vocation) for disclosing his findings of widespread corruption and brutality to the press. Dr. Frank Rundle, psychiatrist of Soledad prison-summarily dismissed for refusing to turn over the confidential psychiatric file of a prisoner-patient to the warden. Edward F. Roberts, correctional officer at Raiford State Prison in Florida-who testified before a congressional...
...guys (Jack Warden and Bo Hopkins) naturally have a fierce letch for her. The third desperado, a stronger and more reserved type named Jay Grobart (Burt Reynolds), intercedes on behalf of her honor. This causes all sorts of fraternal tensions during the trek across country, leading to violence, death and a highly unlikely romance. The affair is finally consummated when Jay sweeps the adoring Catherine up in his arms and mutters, "You are the god-damnedest woman I ever met," as he bears her off to bed in the hotel of a deserted mining town...
Then, Maine struck again. Angered that 200 lobster pots had been cut from their moorings, a patrol flagged down New Hampshire Lobsterman Edwin Capone. He allowed his boat to be taken in tow, though only after a Maine warden reached for his gun. "Maine has declared war on us!" cried Governor Thomson hyperbolically. He told his state's lobstermen: "You are soldiers in an important battle for the future of the state." But he promptly moved to disarm the crisis before the two states reach their Lobster Thermidor and start shooting, by filing a claim in the U.S. Supreme...
...unique, with scenes bridged by blank black frames and sometimes interrupted or punctuated by them. Without being fussy, the film has a reserved beauty, a nearly voluptuous grace, like the work of John Ford, a director Anderson especially admires (and whose picture hangs on the wall of the warden's office during a prison sequence...