Movies and TvShows featuring "church-deacon" theme.

Ransom! is a psychological thriller film-noir about a millionaire whose son is kidnapped and he is forced to pay a half-million-dollar ransom. As the police and the FBI get involved, he must use his wit and resources to outsmart the kidnappers and save his son before time runs out.

A cattle rancher fights against forced marriages and seeks revenge while finding love in the Old West.

A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.

A tough preacher comes to the rip-roaring gold town of Panamint in hopes of reforming it. But disaster awaits.

An elderly rodeo rider, his young grandson and their injured horse help transform the lives of various citizens in a small town. Released in 1946.

As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield recalls the town's glory days. Looming large in Chuckawalla's reminiscences is the day that young and apparently mild-mannerd minister Philip Pharo rode into town. In his own gentle but forceful fashion, Pharo managed to bring the town's lawless element into line, mollify the local bluenoses, and win the heart of likeable dance-hall girl Mary Mallory.

The teenage daughter of a puritanical Reverend promises him she will not marry until she is older, but after a night of heavy drinking she wakes up to find she has a husband.