Sucker List (1941)
ジャンル : 犯罪, ドラマ
上映時間 : 19分
演出 : Roy Rowland
脚本 : Douglas Foster
シノプシス
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.
重要証人マリーをラスベガスからフェニックスまで護送する任務。ありふれた仕事だと思っていたショックレー刑事だが、出発から不可解な出来事が続発。謎の組織に命を狙われていると気づいた彼と証人マリー。しかし、頼りの警察までもが執拗に2人の命を狙ってくる!!黒幕は警察内部にいる-そう確信したショックレー刑事は、彼女を守るため猛然と反撃を開始する。
成功を導く法則"ザ・シークレット"の謎を、各界で活躍する指導者たちが解説。プラトン、ダ・ヴィンチ、アインシュタインらの偉業の陰にあった秘密が今明らかに。
Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
ニューヨークにやって来た青年スレヴン(ジョシュ・ハートネット)は友人に間違えられ、大物ギャングのボス(モーガン・フリーマン)に拉致されてしまう。ボスは借金返済の代わりに敵対するギャング、ラビ(ベン・キングズレー)の息子殺害を命令。しぶしぶ了解したスレヴンは、その後まもなく今度はラビに誘拐される。
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.
Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a financial scandal that forces the whole family to escape to an old house in the poor side of town, and leads the "kids" to do what they haven't done before: get jobs.
詐欺師アーヴィンと、その相棒で愛人のシドニー。彼らはFBI捜査官リッチーに逮捕されるが、無罪放免を条件におとり捜査への協力を持ち掛けられる。それは、架空のアラブ人富豪をダシに、カジノ利権に群がる政治家やマフィアを一網打尽にするというもの。アーヴィンとシドニーは、標的のカーマイン市長に近づくが、二人の仲を嫉妬するアーヴィンの妻ロザリンがおとり捜査の邪魔をする。<1970年代後半のアメリカを揺るがした政治家などの収賄スキャンダル、アブスキャム事件を題材にしたサスペンスドラマ。自由と引き換えに、FBIが仕掛ける悪徳政治家検挙を狙ったおとり捜査に協力させられる詐欺師たちの姿を、スリリングに映し出していく。メガホンを取るのは、『世界にひとつのプレイブック』などのデヴィッド・O・ラッセル。>
Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
2008年12月、証券投資会社会長バーニーは妻ルース、そして2人の息子に驚愕の事実を明かす。彼は過去15年間に渡り、有数の顧客を騙して嘘の取引を行い、約650億ドルを破綻させたというのだ。その後、FBIによって彼が詐欺の罪で逮捕されたというニュースはたちまち世界中の金融界を揺るがし、家族を混乱の渦に巻き込んでいく。ある夜バーニーは、周囲からの批判に耐えかねないと嘆く妻ルーシーと共に自殺を図る。
Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.
Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establishes a get rich quick scam that turns deadly.
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
イギリス、ウェールズ。谷間にある小さな村で夫と二人で暮らす主婦ジャンは、パートと親の介護をするだけの日々を送っていた。あるとき、彼女は馬主だった経験のあるハワードの話に感化されて競走馬を育成しようと思い立ち、村の住民たちに共同馬主になろうと誘う。ジャンたちは週10ポンドずつ出し合い、ドリームアライアンス(夢の同盟)と名付けた組合馬主になる。ドリームアライアンスはレースを勝ち進み、それとともにジャンらの人生も変わっていく。
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
10人兄妹の末娘として生まれたミシェル・ペインは生後間もなく母を亡くすが、残された家族と助け合いながら育つ。ペイン家は調教師の父(サム・ニール)、そして兄妹のほとんどが騎手という競馬一家で、ミシェルも思春期を迎えるころには騎手を目指すように。やがてデビューを飾るミシェル(テリーサ・パーマー)だったが、落馬によって騎手生命にも関わる大けがを負ってしまう。