Through the keyhole begins a game that results in the violent death of a prostitute watched helplessly by her daughter. The story continues when the daughter now a prostitute herself suffers psycological ailments that make her seek revenge on those she makes contact with by repeating the events that she witnessed the night her mother was killed. This disturbing 1981 drama comes from German-born director Ulli Lommel and is also known under the titles Olivia Faces of Fear A Taste of Sin.
In the new rom-com from the makers of "Notting Hill," a lowly British tennis player finds both love and success on the tennis courts of Britain's biggest tournament.
New cops...a new drug...and a new way to die...
Synopsis: In Paris before the Nazis penetrate into the city an Austrian refugee doctor falls in love with a mysterious woman. The 2nd World War isn't the best environment for romanticism...
Till The Clouds Roll By is an American musical-biographical film made by MGM in 1946 and based on the life and music of composer Jerome Kern starring Robert Walker as Kern. Best remembered for its large cast of well-known musical stars including Judy Garland Frank Sinatra Kathryn Grayson Tony Martin and many more all of whom appear in cameo roles performing Kern's songs.
Street smart Tony is the self-styled Emperor Of The Bronx. But he's not in the same league as Falco the vicious crime boss whose murderous operatives force Tony out of New York City and into oblivion. With tough basic lessons about life from his new friends - ex-con Fitz and songtress Sandy the brooding brooding young man still has a score to settle with Falco and his gang.
An unusual adult Western for its time Vengeance Valley (1951) gave Burt Lancaster his first Western role. His athletic prowess made him perfect for the genre and he'd go on to make Gunfight At O.K. Corral Apache and The Unforgiven among others. Vengeance Valley emphasises character development and the solid cast meets the challenge. Robert Walker plays Burt's foster brother. Joanne Dru John Ireland Ted de Corsia Hugh O'Brien and Glenn Strange lend support. One of the real s
The C.I.A. inherit footage of the slaughter of a Hollywood movie crew while on location. One crew member the teenage daughter of the slain director escapes the carnage to tell the blood-thirsty tale of staying alive and a counter-revolutionary army's ruthless objectives that must be stopped!
Vengeance Valley gave Oscar winner and triple Oscar nominee Burt Lancaster his first Western role. In this classic tale of feuding brothers set against a stunning big country backdrop Lancaster cut his teeth in the genre before going on to make the much loved Gunfight At The Ok Corral Apach and The Unforgiven amongst others. Based on the book by Luke Short even-tempered Owen Daybright (Lancaster) is the adopted son of rancher Arch Strobie. All his life Owen has covered up for his good-for-nothing brother Lee. But Lee goes to far when he gets a young woman pregnant and blames Owen. When he even encourages the girl's brothers to take revenge Owen decides that it is time to settle the score. Co-starring fellow Oscar nominee John Ireland Robert Walker as Owen's father and Joanna Dru
The biographical material in Till The Clouds Roll By is almost completely unmemorable as Jerome Kern led a relatively calm life and even his death was marked by restraint - the composer simply died while out walking on the street in 1945. What is memorable from the triumphant opening night of Showboat to Frank Sinatra finishing up with 'Ol' Man River' is a remarkable filmed legacy of one of the worlds greatest and most beloved composers of all time.
Owen Daybright has taken the rap for his boyhood pal Les Strobie all his life. Now the foreman on Strobie's ranch he is even willing to accept paternity of Strobie's illegitimate child. Daybright continues to make life easy for his friend partly from high motives - to protect Strobie's wife - and partly from habit. He even dodges bullets and doesn't give his friend up for the heel he is until Strobie negotiates to make off with his father's cattle. An unusual adult Western for its
One Eyed Jacks is a classic western in which Marlon Brando ('Rio') stars with Karl Malden ('Dad Longworth') as two bank robbers on the run from the Federales in Mexico They are pinned down and only one can get away to get fresh horses for their escape. Dad is the one to go but greed gets the best of him. He takes off with the money and leaves Rio to be captured and sent to a Mexican Jail for 5 long years. When he escapes he goes looking for Dad finally finding him in Monterey California where 'Dad' is now a tough Sheriff and has a beautiful step-daughter Louisa. The action and the romance heat up as Rio is bent on revenge and falls for the beautiful Louisa. A remarkably strong cast feature in a 'Cain and Abel' plot redefined with Western terms in MGM's Vengeance Valley. Burt Lancaster stars as ranch-hand Owen Daybright who has been raised as a son by rancher Arch Stroble (Ray Collins). When Stroble's natural son Lee (Robert Walker) fathers an illegitimate child he tried to shift the responsibility and wrath of the vengeance-seeking brothers of the baby's mother (Sally Forrest) on to Owen whilst Joanne Dru co-stars as Lee's long-suffering wife Jen who harbors a secret yen for Owen.
Toy Soldiers: When Amy and seven of her college friends take her parents yacht for a vacation under the watchful eye of ex-marine veteran and skipper 'Sarge' Ford nothing could have prepared them for the trouble they were about to find themselves in. After an accident on the yacht Amy and a few of her friends decide to head inland for medical help but soon realise this is the last thing they will receive. The friends are taken hostage by a group of revolutionary guerrillas who plan to use the Americans as bargaining chips in their war against the Government. 'Sarge' launches a rescue mission but only he and Amy manage to escape leaving her friends in the hands of the terrorists. Safely back at home Amy learns that the American government is unwilling to negotiate the release of the hostages. It's up to Amy to go back in there and get her friends out... Kampuchea Express: Amidst the steaming hell-hole of a dying civilisation where the brutality of the West meets the stealth and cunning of the East a blazing battle is fought between their two nations employing men whose only desires are for death and destruction. Amongst the dying and mortally wounded a man meets a woman and this is their story their nightmare. War Dog: Charles Stewart was unable to accept that his brother Rick had died in Vietnam so he started to investigate what he believed to be a government cover up. A journalist shows Charles a captured video film of a recent attempted political assassination amongst the assailants Charles recognises his brother. He also recognises Spacek his former commanding officer in Vietnam a sadistic evil man. Spacek has been recruited for a secret government project to create prefect soldiers emotionless calculating the ultimate in killing machines. In reality the government has created a walking nightmare that's out of their control and they order Spacek to terminate the project. Charles locates his brother and attempts to rescue him from the doomed experiment. Together the two brothers try to escape but Spacek knows his security has been breached and lets his war dogs loose on their trail resulting in a bloody and final conflict.
A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself
Call It Murder (Dir. Chester Erskine 1934) This is the story of a jury foreman whose vote sends a young woman to the electric chair for a murder she committed. His beliefs are tested when his own daughter goes on trial for a similar murder. Great Guy (Dir. John G. Blystone 1937): Ex-prize-fighter Johnny Cave (Cagney) Is knocked into the position of chief deputy of weights and measures after the current chief is hospitalized by an apparent assassination attempt. After only minutes on the job Cave goes several rounds with a ring of light-weight chiselers who have mastered the art of defrauding shoppers. Cave's aggressive political tactics make him the next likely target on the underworld's hit list. The Lucky Texan (Dir. Robert Bradbury 1934): John Wayne and his sidekick 'Gabby"" Hayes are gold miners who strike it rich. Unfortunately before they can enjoy the fruits of their labor they are wrongfully accused of robbery and murder. As always the road to the truth is never a straight path. Vengeance Valley (Dir. Richard Thorpe 1951): For his entire life Owen has been covering up for his good-for-nothing brother Lee protecting the rascal from their father's wrath. Finally however Lee's shenanigans go too far. After getting a young woman pregnant Lee shifts the blame to Owen. Lee even encourages the girl's brothers to get revenge hoping that with Owen out of the picture he'll become the sole heir to their father's farm. That's as much as any man can take...and Owen decides that it's time to settle the score. The Big Trees (Dir. Felix Feist 1952): A peaceful Quaker colony is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a fast-talking lumber man. A new law will enable his company to harvest millions of dollars from the majestic redwood forests if the locals will let him. The community refuses to see their beloved sequoias wiped out and pleads with the greedy businessman to halt the destruction. As their clash of ideas rages on an even greater threat to the trees emerges. The Man From Utah (Dir. Robert N. Bradbury 1934): This John Wayne classic brings us to the rodeo. John Weston ('the Duke') has to deal with the corrupt patron who has killed some of the rodeo's performers and who fixes the competition to guarantee Weston to lose. Gangster Story (Dir. Walter Matthau 1960): Matthau plays mob leader Jack Martin whose girlfriend Carol (Grace) is desperate for him to give up his unlawful and dishonest lifestyle. The problem is Jack doesn't have the same yearning to turn his back on his shady past but the crunch comes when he persuades the bank manager to lease him an office in the building and promptly robs the bank! With events turning very nasty is there any point in Carol trying to save her man from himself when all the signs indicate that he's hell bent on a course to self-destruction. Beat The Devil (Dir. John Huston 1953): a wacky comedy that's played as straight as any film noir and is even funnier as a result. Five men (Bogart Lorre Morley Barnard and Tulli) are out to garner control over East African land which they believe contains a rich uranium ore lode. Billy Dannreuther (Bogart) is married to Maria (Gina Lollobrigida) the other four are their ""business associates"" and Jones and Underdown are added to the mix for some interesting diversification. As the boat leaves from Italy to Africa a hodge-podge of amusingly silly adventures begins. British Intelligence (Dir. William Nigh 1940): They say that Karloff preferred character parts and in British Intelligence he's Valdar a sabrescarred butler who might be a secret agent.
In the great tradition of American Westerns Defiance tells a sweeping tale of revenge hatred and justice. When a law-abiding rancher is slain by the town's most powerful man because he's not willing to pay his dues his youngest son who witnesses his father's brutal murder devotes his life to avenging his father's death. Years later he returns to the town of Defiance and kills the man's son. But now his brother becomes swept up in this cycle of revenge...
Chief Inspector Birkett (Ian Hendry) and Sergeant Saunders (Ronald Fraser) are called in to investigate the murder of a glamorous model. They discover that the murdered girl has led a chequered life and that her acquaintances include drug pushers. Jordan Barker (Jeremy Brett) and Hammond Barker (Peter Arne) are reluctant to help but when the police finally make an arrest another murder occurs in a seedy Soho Jazz caf. But are the two murders connected?
Love Actually: From the new bachelor Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) instantly falling in love with a refreshingly real member of the staff (Martine McCutcheon) moments after entering 10 Downing Street... To a writer (Colin Firth) escaping to the south of France to nurse his re-broken heart who finds love in a lake... From a comfortably married woman (Emma Thompson) suspecting that her husband (Alan Rickman) is slipping away... To a new bride (Keira Knightly) mistaking the distance of her husband's best friend for something it's not... From a schoolboy seeking to win the attention of the most unattainable girl in school... To a widowed stepfather (Liam Nesson) trying to connect with a son he suddenly barely knows... From a lovelorn junior manager seizing a chance with her long-tended unspoken office crush... To an ageing ""seen it all remember very little of it"" rock star (Bill Nighy ) jonesing for an end-of-career comeback in his own uncompromising way... Love the equal-opportunity mischief-maker is causing chaos for all. These London lives and loves collide mingle and climax on Christmas Eve-again and again and again-with romantic hilarious and bittersweet consequences for anyone lucky (or unlucky) enough to be under love's spell. Wimbledon: She's the golden girl. He's the longshot. It's a match made in... A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him he meets a young female player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon at the cost of losing hers...
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