I just saw the movie This Land Is Mine. It’s an old black-and-white movie from 1943, and stars Charles Laughton, in quite a memorable performance. He is a mild-mannered teacher in a European town that has been taken over by the Nazis. At the end, he gives a very moving (and long) courtroom speech that rivals that of Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind. Sure, it’s a “propaganda” movie, but it touches on aspects of “the human condition” that is, I think, unique in that genre. Among other things, it explores the way a person’s inner strength and courage can rise to the surface when necessary. And I must add, his colleague and secret love is played by an absolutely radiant Maureen O’Hara.
I gather Woodie Guthrie didn’t write the soundtrack.
Funny, as I’m reading this thread, Peter, Paul and Mary are singing Woody’s song.