Beautiful Stranger (1954)
When A Dame Has Too Many Men On A String - The Game Could End In A Clinch Or A Killing!
Genre : Drama, Romance, Thriller
Runtime : 1H 29M
Director : David Miller
Synopsis
An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.
A reluctant dog track owner tries to outrun his problems with the bet of a lifetime.
A man wanted for negligent homicide returns to his hometown after 15 years, only to be haunted by his past, and getting mixed up in a scheme involving the daughter of his victim.
In the last 250 years, free-market ideology has played a central role in the development of the logic and rhetoric that have influenced the daily life of populations throughout the world. It was cornered for a few decades during the twentieth century in favor of a social economy for the public interest, and then returned to the limelight in the last thirty years of the century to dominate the logics that drive world economies, doing the favor of the elites at the expense of 99%. Through the testimony of six people informed about the facts, Laissez-faire offers a historical and ideological perspective through which to identify the fundamental problems of the economic mechanism on which societies are based.
Mauro, a young man from a poor neighborhood who is used to bad company, visits the casino for the first time. A stroke of luck will change his life and lead him to bet on bad decisions.
The Chase after Opium Dealers
An Osomatsu-san special funded in part by the Japan Racing Association, a company that oversees horse racing and betting.
A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
«If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe»
Paul Craig Roberts
A lonely alcoholic becomes mesmerized when his favorite classic movie star begins to talk to him through his television set.
Laiila’s journey that looking for an answer to the questions that plagued her mind. In the middle of her journey, Ale comes to help Laiila to define what happiness truly is.
Gustav finds it challenging running the family's funeral home in a little town where no one dies. One day a mysterious man occurs.
The film tells a story about the problems that come from playing “judi buntut” (a type of lottery gambling). People start to think and act irrationally. In the end the police comes to set things straight.
Maximillian (Max) has a serious addiction his family knows nothing about. He places bets with his friend Charlie, but Charlie has become disappointed with Max's lack of control. Max starts to beg family and friends for large sums of money, but no one's willing to help. Even his successful older brother has doubts about why he needs the money. His younger brother Kyle might be his only hope, but he's in a little bit of trouble pocketing money from his "side" gig. With bank letters threatening to take his house, he becomes more desperate for quick money. He thinks all he needs is just one more sure bet to keep him above water, but luck plays a wicked game.
Stories of a Madman is a collection of short stories with each story taking place in a different hotel room at the same hotel on the same night: Christmas Eve. Each story shares the theme of 'Crime Story with a supernatural twist'.
An American woman tries to break off her relationship with her Italian lover at Rome's Stazione Termini train station. This is Vittorio De Sica's original 89-minute "Terminal Station" which was released first in April 1953 as "Stazione Termini," the Italian title of Cesare Zavattini's story. A year later in May 1954, Columbia Pictures released a different version with the alternative title "Indiscretion of an American Wife" which producer David O. Selznick had re-edited and cut to a shortened 64 minutes, dramatically altering characterization by removing its establishing shots and neorealist touches.
During what appeared to be just another ordinary day on small town news, an unexpected and tragic accident occurs.
A young woman is visited by a stranger in the dead of winter. A short film adaptation of H.G. Wells's novel.
Vic lands an interview to become a Vampire. But does he have all of the right qualifications?
Whilst investigating a murder, a Detective is taken hostage by a killer who he suspects did the deed but the thing is he has the wrong killer.
