Desperate Lives (1982)
Who's killing young kids with drugs and crime?
Género : Drama, Película de TV
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 36M
Director : Robert Michael Lewis
Escritor : Lew Hunter
Sinopsis
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.
A rather dejected Mei-li Chen lives with her extended family in the suburbs. She drops out of college when the boy she has a crush on finds a girlfriend. Mei-li eventually ends up selling tickets in a movie theatre. A great camaraderie then builds up between the two cashiers in the small ticket booth.
A Mat, el ser ciego, no le impide llevar a cabo nada de lo que se propone. Por eso, cuando se muda junto a su familia de Nueva York a Utah, y tras adaptarse al nuevo hogar, colegio y entorno, decide apuntarse a Wrestling. Con esta práctica de lucha, llegará a la cumbre deportiva.
The rise and fall of the Essex Boys gang - the drugs, the violence and, of course, the murders. The real story is the most shocking of all.
No son sólo diferencias familiares lo que impide el amor de una pareja de jóvenes, es que sus familias pertenecen a distintos cárteles de la mafia.
Un hombre va a investigar la muerte de su hijo, sucedida en una exclusiva academia militar, a la que acuden jóvenes delincuentes de clase alta, convencidos de que el dinero lo soluciona todo...
Inspired by true events, a 14 year-old boy is accused of raping and murdering a little girl
Eddie Ogden es el orgullo y la alegría de su padre, así como el único activo del equipo Groundhogs como talento de béisbol. Entonces Eddie descubre un gusto y talento para la cocina. Aunque sus hermanos Andy y Alex, y Pa, así como sus compañeros de clase, disfrutan de sus platos, solo se burlan de la cocina, por lo que organiza un registro 'accidental' para él y dos amigos en Economía Doméstica. Solo Eddie, secretamente otra vez, y la musaraña nerd, Bridget Simons, entran en una competencia nacional de cocina para niños en edad escolar. Ma se entera y, para su sorpresa, demuestra su apoyo, al igual que la maestra, que una vez ganó la competencia.
Jett Jackson, who is the star of Silverstone, is considering quitting Silverstone when it is given a three year extension. During the filming of the last episode, Jett is accidently sucked into Silverstone's world when a prop malfunctions. Silverstone is zapped into Jett's world as well. In Silverstone's world, Jett has to save the world from Dr. Kragg's evil plans.
Alice does not live at home but with friends in an abandoned factory. She sells drugs to enable them to fulfill their dream of a tavern. When the police are after her, she seeks Hour switch. Here she meets Berit and helps Berit mother south on vacation. But simultaneously pursues Alice of a drug kingpin but cheating him.
A tragi-comic suburban psycho-drama following a downtrodden housewife who dreams of having a better life. After swallowing too much vodka, speed and valium, she fantasizes about killing her adulterous husband and escaping her boring existence.
An uptight young man and his equally uptight family moves next door to a hedonistic clan, including the beautiful, sexy Topsy, who charms the new neighbor boy Tom. But Tom discovers that the price of loving Topsy may be higher than he's willing to pay -- she insists on absolute honesty and a life and love without possession or exclusivity.
Presionado por la vuelta del fantasma de su madre muerta a la familia que el abandonó, un ex-adicto toma un saco de pastillas y otro saco de marihuana y viaja hacia Shreveport.
The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.
The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks for something to drink and he is given wine, which he does not care for, and he is finally given some bottled beer and a glass, but he complains that the glass is too small and he gets a very large sized glass receptacle, into which his wife and maid servant pour the contents of the bottle. As he is about to drink the glass passes from his hand mysteriously, sailing through the room and out of the window to the moon…
Gardenia es dueño de un restaurante, está casado y sigue las viejas normas de la mala vida romana. Hasta que llega Saluzzo con la pretensión de vender droga en el restaurante de Gardenia, y se inicia una guerra entre los dos. Al principio sin muertes, pero después del asesinato de un amigo de Gardenia, el derramamiento de sangre continuará y Gardenia se encontrará cada vez más solo.
Un corredor de coches ha de huir de la policía y de dos organizaciones criminales, mientras intenta localizar una maleta llena de heroína y demostrar su inocencia en un caso de asesinato.
The career and death of notorious Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
Police Lieutenant Lacey, with aid from Coach Bettger, heads a crack-down on dope-peddling to high-school athletes. One kid dies from an overdose, two more kill a gas station attendant in an aborted hold-up attempt to get money to buy dope, and a third dies in a fall in a condemned empty building while fleeing from the law. With the aid of some outraged students, the dope pusher is brought to justice.