Chain Gang (1950)
It was legal murder until a reporter and his girl dared to get the inside story!
Género : Crimen, Acción, Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 10M
Director : Lew Landers
Sinopsis
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
A life-long criminal continues his practice of breaking out of Oregon State Prison - much to the frustration of the police.
El nuevo capitán de patio de la penitenciaría de San Quentin quiere hacer de los años de cárcel de los reclusos un tiempo para la reinserción, en lugar de para el castigo. Pero no todo el mundo está de acuerdo. Steve Jameson (Pat O'Brien) pretende unas reformas a base de incentivos y amenazas. Una huelga de reclusos y un presidiario estafador que birla un rifle son algunos de los problemas a los que tendrá que hacer frente Jameson. Otro es el recluso Red (Humphrey Bogart), al principio influenciado, pero que vuelve a ver las cosas como antiguamente, y trata de conseguir su libertad de forma violenta.
Desmond plays convict Mike Gilbert, who goes on the lam with fellow prisoners Gruber and Graham when he finds out his wife is divorcing him and feels he has nothing to lose. Gruber intends to get his robbery loot, which his father, Curly, has successfully hidden from the law. After commandeering a plane, they double-cross Graham, who assembles his gang to get revenge - and Gruber's loot. Meanwhile, Gilbert falls in love with Robbie, his ex-wife’s sister. Through Robbie’s influence, Gilbert decides to go straight, but his cohorts aren’t quite so willing to reform.
Fast forgery without mistakes. Shoplifting under pressure. Effective body disposal. The ability to multitask various felonies. These are just a few of the "talents" that mother-and-son grifters Sante and Kenny Kimes possess. Based on shocking true events, this flick takes you into the dark, sordid world of this deadly duo, from their bizarre relationship to their heinous crimes. It's no surprise that two-time Emmy winner Judy Davis earned a nomination for this performance.
Una estudiante de pesca torpe pero alegre lucha por encontrar su lugar en un instituto de investigación reconocido por su cultivo de atún. El trabajo no resulta fácil.
Migrant shipyard workers spend their daily routine in a dormitory on the Adriatic coast. In the evening one of them visits the nearby city.
Después de que dos mujeres son atacadas en un camino desolado, se refugian en la casa de un extraño de buen corazón llamado Saúl que alberga el oscuro secreto de la licantropía. ¿Puede un profesor que experimenta con los secretos de los faraones curar a Saúl, o una batalla entre el hombre lobo y una momia recién reanimada será el final para todos?
The German anti-fascist Max in 1939 emigrated to the USSR. During the Great Patriotic War, he fought in the Soviet partisan detachment and died, performing a responsible mission. After many years, her companion in guerrilla warfare, Lyudmila, was able to realize their common dream — to climb to the top of Mount Rübezahl.
Trong, a self-proclaimed king of a garbage dump, falls in love with the poor flower seller Thuy.
A path for tourists on their way to the Castle of São Jorge, the Pátio Dom Fradique was once a popular courtyard where around sixty families used to live.Today, ruins of their houses are the unique remains.There, the erased memories of the old city history and the frenzy of the new Lisbon give way to a contemporary urban tale.
In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in Angola. In the meantime, she had committed herself to discovering and interviewing the poet Júlio Vera. In 1988, he wrote a series of poems in which he mysteriously anticipated the fall of the USSR. Guida has only 12 days to complete the mission.
When a concert pianist is crippled in a car accident, his wife turns to gambling and gets in over her head.
A young couple spends their day under a willow tree deciding whether or not to carve their names in it.
A girl from the country heads to Florida and becomes a prostitute. Why? Well, why not?