Alleged (2010)
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38% want to see it
(17 ratings)
Charles Anderson (Nathan West), a talented young reporter, feels trapped working for his deceased father's newspaper and living in a tiny town (Dayton, TN, 1925) in steep decline. Seeing the Scopes "Monkey Trial" as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break into the journalistic big… More Charles Anderson (Nathan West), a talented young reporter, feels trapped working for his deceased father's newspaper and living in a tiny town (Dayton, TN, 1925) in steep decline. Seeing the Scopes "Monkey Trial" as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break into the journalistic big leagues, Charles manages to insert himself into the middle of the "Trial of the Century." Once there, however, he is torn between his love for the more principled Rose (his fiancée, Ashley Johnson), and the allure of being able to "change the world" under the tutelage of his hero, the great H.L. Mencken of the Baltimore Sun (Colm Meaney). When the truth is at stake, Charles discovers, some lies just have to be told. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Tom Hines
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...it's ultimately impossible not to wonder just what Hines originally set out to accomplish with this pedestrian mess.
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Cast
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Colm Meaney
as H. L. Mencken
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Fred Dalton Thompson
as William Jennings Bryan
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Nathan West
as Charles Anderson
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Ashley Johnson
as Rose
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Brian Dennehy
as Clarence Darrow
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JR Bourne
as George Rappleyea
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Khori Faison
as Abigail
