El terrible Sr. T (1972)
His friends call him Mr. T. His enemies call for mercy!
Género : Crimen, Acción, Suspense
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 39M
Director : Ivan Dixon
Sinopsis
"Mr. T" es un rudo detective privado que tiende a tomarse la justicia por su mano, sin dejar de mantener un estilo elegante, vistiendo trajes de marca, conduciendo coches caros y viviendo en un apartamento de lujo. Los servicios de "T" son solicitados por Chalky y Pete, dueños de un establecimiento en el barrio que al ser asaltados una y otra vez por unos enmascarados, deciden recurrir a quien se convierte en su única esperanza. "T" está seguro de poder hacer el trabajo de forma correcta, pero las verdaderas intenciones de quienes le han contratado son otras...
A lady cop infiltrates an all-female criminal gang.
Después del robo sufrido por un patrocinador de un político negro, la policía de Detroit pone a cargo del caso a dos detectives, uno blanco y otro negro, que tendrán que trabajar juntos bajo una fuerte presión política.
Since young, Shi Tian Cai (Li Nanxing) was known among his peers to be the junior gambling king thanks to his gambling addict of a father. Years later, Tian Cai gets married to Zhi Hui who is about to give birth. All this while Tian Cai have been supporting his family through gambling, but with a kid now on board, things just got tougher. Without hesitation Tian Cai dabbles with the high-stake circles and with his talent and reputation manages to make a huge windfall. Tian Cai's much sought after talent in the gambling circle generates envy from Taiwanese tycoon Li Guan Jun, and each step that Tian Cai takes brings him closer to his nemesis.
Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.
An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.
A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.
Ruth Raymond works on the switchboard and her boyfriend is John Blake. It has taken 14 years, but a detective named Murray has found her and confirmed.
Adaptación del libro de memorias del mismo título de Beth Raymer. En 2001, Beth llega a Las Vegas con la esperanza de trabajar como camarera en algún casino importante. Al principio, tuvo que conformarse con servir mesas en un simple restaurante, pero uno de los clientes del local le presentó a Dink, un profesional de las apuestas deportivas que andaba buscando a alguien de confianza.
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Un capitán de policía de la ciudad de Ottawa (Canadá), está decidido a encontrar al asesino que envenenó a su hermana, que era la encargada de la universidad. Está decidido a usar métodos violentos y poco ortodoxos e incluso tiene la inesperada ayuda de un hombre ciego. Aunque el desenlace de la búsqueda no será como él creía.
The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Christmas pageant, the trio is suddenly struck with the delusion that they are really their Biblical counterparts on a quest to find the Baby Jesus. As TV cameras grind away, the three ersatz Kings surreptitiously ride out of the gates of the asylum—on camels—and into the mean streets of LA. As the story draws to its conclusion, the three escapees find themselves providing a Christmas miracle (but not in the form of rap) for a group of homeless people on the outskirts of the city.
Chandu is a petty thief who comes across Satya, an innocent girl who unwittingly comes across a way to a huge amount of money stolen from a bank. While the gang that robbed the bank go after her for the clue, one member dies in her apartment and she believes she's the one that killed him. Every one including the original gang that robbed the bank, the police and now Chandu and Satya go after the money.
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In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.
A delinquent girl involves an innocent friend in an armed robbery followed by a jail-break and hostage-taking with her equally delinquent boyfriend.
Police Commissioner Alex Glass has been twisted into a sarcastic cynic by the hard luck story that is his life and by his daily contact with the criminals of Berlin's underground. His new assistant, Shirly Mai, is an attractive and conscientious woman who embodies a quality of virtue that her boss gave up a long time ago. They have both been assigned to solve a series of gruesome murders that have been taking place in Berlin's drug and prostitution ganglands. The prime suspect is George Miskowski, a pusher who supplies Berlin's brothels and hookers with cocaine and heroin.
La mujer del vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos. viaja en un tren que cubre la línea San Francisco-Los Ángeles. Mitchel, del servicio secreto, visita el departamento de control para supervisar que el viaje transcurre con normalidad. Pero uno de los técnicos del departamento logra hacerse con el control del tren amenazando con hacerlo chocar frontalmente con otro tren sis no se cumplen sus peticiones. El agente Mitchel apoyado por el jefe de control de la compañía intentarán evitar la catástrofe.
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. With relations between the rival gangs at breaking point, it's not long before all-out war breaks out as the gangsters, police and local politicians battle for control of the city.
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