The Wrong Way Out (1938)
Género : Drama, Crimen
Tiempo de ejecución : 17M
Director : Gustav Machatý
Escritor : Karl Kamb
Sinopsis
Two young people get married and run away, even though their parents advise them to build up their savings first. After they get settled they can barely make ends meet. When opportunity suddenly presents itself, they start on a downward spiral of crime.
Durante una tormenta, una plataforma submarina en ultra mar queda incomunicada de la superficie. Dentro de ella, además del equipo técnico de la propia plataforma, se encuentra un grupo de militares, que deben recuperar unas cabezas explosivas. Todo se complica con la aparición de unos extraños seres que vienen de las profundidades abisales.
Basada en hechos reales, la película examina una serie de acontecimientos inexplicables a través de los ojos –y la mente– de un hombre. Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton y Debra Messing interpretan este thriller lleno de suspense que cuenta la historia de un hombre que llega al extremo de investigar las misteriosas circunstancias que rodearon la muerte de su esposa y cómo éstas podrían estar conectadas con los extraños fenómenos que ocurren en un pueblo situado a cuatrocientas millas.
La película arranca con el intento de suicidio de una rica heredera. En flash-back vemos cómo alguien que trabaja en un teatro y que posee la asombrosa facultad de adivinar el futuro, se siente cada vez más angustiado porque no puede impedir que se cumplan sus peores premoniciones.
Un avaro mercader intenta desalojar un poblado a pesar de la pobreza de sus habitantes. Pronto se verá atacado por un extraño séquito de criaturas que lo harán conocer el horror absoluto. Obra de terror japonés que rescata lo más profundo de las tradiciones mitológicas del país oriental.
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
Todd tiene una imaginación increible fomentada por su hobby preferido: las historietas de monstruos. a tal punto de llegar a creer que su futura madrastra es un monstruo carnivoro. Por supuesto nadie cree en el, en particular su padre. pero cuando algunos vecinos comienzan a aparecer muertos, Todd pone en practica un plan de acción para evitar el matrimonio de su padre.
In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes drinking and driving, and the tragic consequences hit very close to home.
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
We were warned in an ancient Mayan prophecy that the 21st December 2012 would be the beginning of the end, but not how and where this new era would unveil itself. Until now.
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
Global warming in context. What the climate of the past tells us about the climate of the future.
How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man destroys his life through gambling debts and stealing company funds.
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of what little they have.
In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospital costs involved. She falls prey to a baby-for-sale racket with quack doctors performing their services.
Jest rok 1776. Radca wiedeńskiej Kancelarii Nadwornej Henryk Klein (Mariusz Bonaszewski) otrzymuje skargę na hrabiego Jakuba Franka (Olgierd Łukaszewicz), który kilkanaście lat wcześniej został skazany za głoszenie herezji i zbiegł do Wiednia. Donos napisany został przez jego byłego wyznawcę, Jakuba Golińskiego (Andrzej Chyra). Klein dowiaduje się, że za zdradę Goliński został ukarany i obrabowany, a teraz czeka go śmierć ku przestrodze innych. Radca przeprowadza dochodzenie. Udaje mu się ustalić, że pseudomesjasz ogłosił się Bogiem, tworzy ze swoich wyznawców armię i szuka kontaktów z dworem cesarzowej Marii Teresy. Klein podejrzewa spisek, którego celem jest zamach stanu
Episode 24 of the Crime Does Not Pay series. Margie Smith (Laraine Day) works as a waitress at a drive in restaurant. She likes to date and look nice but on her salary, she can't keep up with everyone else. However, a friend shows her that stealing is easy, cool and lets you dress like success. At first, it works out just fine, but remember--this is a Crime Does Not Pay film and you KNOW she'll soon get caught and prosecuted.
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent travels to Chile and Colombia. He works with local authorities to try to thwart an Axis plan to ship stolen ammunition.
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.