William Wyler - The Little Foxes (1941)

In 1900, in the Southern town of Linnet, the notorious Hubbard family is hated by the residents since they exploit the poor and the Black people in their business. Regina Giddens, nee Hubbard, is married to Horace Giddens, a good man who is hospitalized in Baltimore with a heart condition. The estranged couple's naive daughter Alexandra Giddens has a crush on neighbor David Hewitt but is controlled by her merciless mother. Regina's brothers are the exploitative Ben Hubbard, who is single, and Oscar Hubbard, who is married to wounded Birdie; they have a scumbag son Leo who works in a bank. Oscar and Regina are arranging for Leo to marry Alexandra. When Ben and Oscar invite wealthy businessman William Marshall to come to Linnet to build a mill to improve their business and pay low wages to the locals, they need US$ 75,000.00 from Regina. She manipulates Alexandra to bring Horace back home to convince him to lend the money. However, Horace does not accept the business and Leo steals his railroad bonds from the bank safe to invest in the business with Marshall, expecting to return the money before Horace notices. But Horace goes to the bank and finds the embezzlement. What will Horace and Alexandra do?