El mar no perdona (1957)
14 of these survivors must be cast adrift! Which will the Captain choose?
Género : Drama, Aventura
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 40M
Director : Richard Sale
Escritor : Richard Sale
Sinopsis
Cuando un crucero de lujo (el Crescent Star) se hunde al chocar contra una mina flotante, en un bote salvavidas de capacidad para nueve personas se refugian 26 supervivientes. Pronto se acaba el repelente de tiburones, se acerca un huracán, hay pocos alimentos y poca agua y, en estas circunstancias, no queda más remedio que decidir sobre quién se queda y quién debe abandonar el bote.
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.
In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an operation. One of the surgeon's regards his pursuit a lark, while the other harbors genuine affections for the nurse.
A widower becomes infatuated with his daughter's governess, to the displeasure of the child and her nurse.
A fun-loving bachelor woos and weds a secretary, but the bonds of this marriage aren't strong enough to stop his philandering from continuing.
U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
Danko Babic is an ambitious and amoral gynaecologist at Croatia's leading fertility clinic. When his colleague Bantic is appointed as head of the clinic, Babic starts a secret war to overthrow his rival. Distracted by his ruthless campaign he makes series of fatal mistakes that result in the death of a patient. A crooked coroner and a corrupt police officer cover up his misdeeds, while Babic grows increasingly dependant on drugs and alcohol. He begins performing illegal abortions on prostitutes who work for Jedinko, a gangster who controls the local drug and sex trade.
Crudo retrato de la vejez y de la muerte. Jean-Louis Trintignant y Emmanuelle Riva forman una pareja ya octogenaria, músicos retirados, que viven en París. Isabelle Huppert interpreta a la hija de ambos. El amor de la pareja será puesto a prueba en el momento en que ella sufre una grave parálisis.
Anna regresa de África, donde ha trabajado dos años como cooperante en una ONG, y ahora trabaja como guardia de seguridad en un exclusivo centro de salud a las afueras de Barcelona. Al romper con su marido e irse de casa, un compañero de trabajo le deja una autocaravana como vivienda provisional. Pasa unas semanas en un camping desierto, y después se instala en el aparcamento de un área de servicio de la autopista. En una ronda nocturna del trabajo conoce un joven, ingresado por orden judicial, que no camina por causa de una parálisis, y que se niega a revelar su identidad. Ella sentirá una creciente atracción, que se materializará en una relación oscura y de dependencia. Pero Anna no puede sacarse África de la cabeza.
Una enfermera está poseída por un espíritu maligno, y procede a matar a los pacientes del hospital.
A finales de la I Guerra Mundial, en las trincheras alemanas atacadas por el ejército francés, cuatro soldados germanos luchan mientras en la retaguardia aumentan las dificultades por el hambre y la falta de perspectivas. (FILMAFFINITY)
A nurse is taking an amnesia victim, who was imprisoned by the Japanese during WW II, to the United States in a plane piloted by Richard Denning. The passengers include a Japanese colonel on his way to Manila to face war-crime charges, and a couple who were married on the day they were liberated from a Japanese prison camp. During the flight, the colonel breaks away from his guards, causes the plane to go out of control, and it crashes into the sea. The survivors get into a rubber boat and go through a minor-league version of "Lifeboat, with no Alfred Hitchcock sightings, until Air-Sea Rescue pilot Jim Willis rides to the rescue.
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
At eleven years old Joe Norman is told by his dying father that he is an alien hiding on earth. Joe believes him. He grows up to be a die-hard fan-boy working in a comic shop. When he falls for down-to-earth Maria, a fellow sci-fi fan, he is inspired to lead a more normal social existence. Until intergalactic bounty hunters track Joe down at his new office and the couple soon learn the dangerous truth about who Joe really is.
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
Untrained, volunteer Nurses from America treat Allied soldiers behind and on the lines in France. They face the horrors of war, fight off the attentions of soldiers and face their own loneliness.
An evil sea captain and the forces of nature threaten two divers' search for a fortune in gold in the South Pacific.
Four survivors of a ship wreck are stranded on a deserted island, including a woman and the man she believes is responsible for the murder which her brother is in prison for.
Durante la guerra de Corea (1950-1953), dos oficiales del ejército de los Estados Unidos se enamoran de la misma mujer y compiten por ella. Ella se casa con uno de ellos, pero el otro, lejos de rendirse, prepara toda clase de tretas para poner en peligro su matrimonio.
Sakura Nishi es una joven enfermera enviada en 1939 a un hospital de campaña en China durante la guerra chino-japonesa. Impactada por la inhumana violencia de la guerra en su tarea sanitaria, trata de entender, ayudar y, en la medida de sus posibilidades, humanizar a quienes se hallan inmersos en esa guerra, incluido el doctor Okabe, cirujano del que depende.