Sea Fury (1958)
Género : Aventura
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 37M
Director : Cy Endfield
Sinopsis
The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the hope of getting his hands on the vessel. Meanwhile, a handsome English sailor, signs on to the boat and before long he and the girl fall for one another. Meanwhile a sinking freighter carrying explosive cargo has to be salvaged....
El Capitán Scarlett es un caballero francés que tras la derrota de Napoleón, regresa a casa para ver cómo todas sus tierras, propiedades y derechos han sido usurpados por el Duque de Corlaine. Junto a una princesa a quien van a desposar con el Duque contra su voluntad, y un reo que sufrió las mismas afrentas que el capitán, lucharán sin desmayo contra la injusticia.
George Norton, un tipo bastante torpe que trabaja para un importante jefe de la mafia, descubre un gran robo y se ve implicado en la muerte del guardián del dinero. Como su jefe empieza a sospechar de él, Norton tendrá que buscar por su cuenta al verdadero ladrón y asesino.
Un desventurado equipo de bomberos recibe el ultimátum: apagar un fuego con éxito o ser despedido. Fallan miserablemente, y su antiguo camión de bomberos es robado por criminales que intentan robar las joyas de la corona de la Torre de Londres.
'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.
Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
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After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.
Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, "accidentally" gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one praising Smart. On the basis of the letter, Lady Dorking, the who runs the Board of Governors appoints Smart to the job. This angers her deputy, Colonel Crableigh, who had favoured promoting his nephew, the Deputy head.
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An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
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En una ciudad fronteriza del Oeste americano, dominada por la banda de los Newton, un agente secreto del gobierno es asesinado. Su hijo, un joven educado pero impulsivo, se traslada hasta allí para buscar a los autores del crimen y vengar la muerte de su padre. Para ello contará con la ayuda de un predicador.
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Thunder Mountain somewhere in the American wilderness, has a reputation that has scared away travellers, both white and Indian, for hundreds of years. Undaunted by the ghost stories surrounding the mountain, a father decides it's just the place for him and his son to go camping and do a little bonding. Strange voices and stranger footprints around their campground try to warn the pair away, but Dad is unconcerned and blithely pushes on. Eventually, however, the two come face to face with the force standing guard over this forbidden mountain.
Un hombre casado se fuga con su amante. Pero cuando ella muere en un accidente ferroviario, él se convierte en el principal sospechoso.
A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.
