《Spring Offensive (Short 1940)》Storyline
the sinners - the visiting eam)the ""shrines"" of baseball: the Hall of Fame, the commemorative plaques, statues or honored relics at various stadiums, etc.At the same moment, Stryker prematurely activated his newest creation, Weapon XI (Scott Adkins), although the bonding process wasn""t complete.Some of the stiff, lumbering undead were staggering around in the parking lot, but only a few were inside the mall (and only on the first floor) - it appeared none were in the locked stores with their gates down, and the power hadn""t been turned off in the area.With American co-screenwriter Diane Johnson, Kubrick moved from the conventions of traditional horror film thrillers, displacing them with his own, much more subtle, rich, symbolic motifs.The film""s major tagline echoed the search:"he had to find her...he had to find her"The main characters were briefly described on one of the film""s posters:ETHAN - Whatever it took - he""d find her!DEBBIE - Somewhere out there - she was captive!LAURIE - Her heart wanted to wait - and couldn""t!MARTIN - He started the search as a boy - and ended it a man!CLAYTON - The Good Book in one hand - and a gun in the other!John Wayne, the "Duke," had already played many major roles in numerous westerns in his career, includingThe Big Trail (1930),The Spoilers (1942), Howard Hawks""Red River (1948),and The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), and had appeared in five previous Ford westerns, including:Stagecoach (1939),3 Godfathers (1948), Fort Apache (1948),She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), andRio Grande (1950)-- and would appear in a few more, including:The Horse Soldiers (1959)andThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).