Irwin Shaw

Administrator of a Fitness-Club Kostya thinks that having a woman taller than 180sm by a man's side is a symbol of his prosperity and success. But he can only dream of having a 180sm beauty by his side. One day he decides to go on a date with one of his 180sm tall Fitness-Club members, after calling almost all the women he doesn't get a single acceptation : each of them has her own problems with men. However, accidentally it happens that way that he happens to be on a date with all of his dream ladies...

Three short stories about women & men relationship.

Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.

An examination of the trials and tribulations of the Jordache family, from the period following World War II to the late 1960s.

Three Irwin Shaw short stories are dramatized. In "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" a young married couple stop for a drink on a Sunday morning in Manhattan, and the conversation turns to the husband's fidelity. "The Monument" centers on the conflict between a popular bartender with a following in an upscale Irish bar in 1938 Manhattan and its owner, who is determined to introduce a more economical whiskey in the establishment over the barkeep's objections. In "The Man Who Married a French Wife" the influential American husband of a French woman is asked by her former lover, a former resistance fighter, to help him escape the country.

Michael Stone is a rising company executive who decides to chuck his career and marriage to fulfill a fantasy to be a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team and partake in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.

In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murder of brother Tom and the disappearance of brother Rudy by first reestablishing contact with her soldier son, and then patching things up with her sister-in-law, Kate, Tom's widow.

While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy thriller about a terrorist plot. Before long, Craig becomes concerned that a shocking act of real-life terrorism already may be underway. Meanwhile, radical actor Bret Easton works in cahoots with a group of extremists to coordinate the hijacking of a trio of passenger planes in a devastating, multi-city nuclear attack.

Two college friends, traveling in Europe, find themselves rivals for the attentions of a mysterious woman.

A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.

A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.

A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.

일도 사랑도 모두 잃고 퇴물 배우로 전락한 잭은 3년간의 요양원 치료를 마치고 재기를 노린다. 잭이 영화감독 모리스와 함께 영화 촬영을 위해 도착한 로마에서 벌어지는 에피소드를 그린 드라마. 할리우드 뮤지컬 영화의 선구자로 불리는 빈센트 미넬리의 숨겨진 명작.

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.

1938년 독일의 바바리안. 크리스찬(Christian Diestl: 말론 브란도 분)과 마가렛(Margaret Freemantle: 바바라 허쉬 분)은 새해를 맞이하는 흥분에 들 떠 파티를 즐긴다. 그러나 이 자리에서 히틀러에 대한 충성의 다짐이 나오자 미국인인 마가렛은 이에 반감을 품고 이 일로 인해 크리스찬과 싸우고 헤어진다. 드디어 2차 세계대전이 발발하자, 크리스찬은 독일군 장교가 되어 전쟁터로 향하고, 마가렛의 애인이자 브로드웨이의 톱 스타인 마이클(Michael Whiteacre: 딘 마틴 분)은 마가렛의 반대에도 불구하고 미군에 지원한다. 이때 징병소에서 마이클을 만난 애크맨(Noah Ackerman: 몽고메리 크리프트 분)은 그와 친구가 되고 냉혹한 훈련소의 생존 경쟁을 이겨내며 함께 전쟁터로 향한다. 북 아프리카의 영국군 진영. 독일군의 기습공격으로 영국군은 모두 살상되고, 이 작전에 함께 참가한 크리스찬은 포로마저 용납하지 않는 잔인한 살상을 통해 첫 회의를 느낀다. 그 후 크리스찬은 유럽으로 재배치되고, 유태인들을 찾는 일을 맡으며, 또 다시 자신의 이상과는 다른 이 전쟁에 대한 회의를 느낀다. 그 후 전쟁이 막바지에 이르고 연합군과의 전투에 투입된 크리스찬은 목숨만 부지한 채 상관과 함께 탈출한다. 그러나 비행기의 폭격으로 탈출 도중 상관이 부상당하고 그를 병원에 이송한다. 한편, 전투에 참가한 애크맨은 동료들을 구해내고 마이클의 전투부대에 합류하여 크리스찬이 있는 독일군의 진영으로 진군한다. 이때 크리스찬은 자포자기한 상태에서 이들과 마주치게 되는데.....

Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons of two wives Cabot has overworked into early graves. Most bitter is Eben, whose mother had owned most of the farm, and who feels who should be sole heir. When the old man brings home a new wife, Anna, she becomes a fierce contender to inherit the farm. Two of the sons leave when Eben gives them the fare in return for their shares of the farm. Meanwhile, Anna tries to cause some sparks by rubbing up against Eben.

Twenty-year-old Joseph and his sixteen-year-old sister Suzanne live in the merciless conditions of an intemperate foreign land with their widowed mother. Their mother attempts to exert a hold on her children by involving them in the family's run-down rice plantation. However the siblings seek liberation, and look for this in their romantic lives. Suzanne becomes involved with Michael and Joseph finds a love interest in Claude.

Broke and about to divorce his wife, a pilot joins a smuggling scheme in postwar Madrid.

Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.

트로이 전쟁 이후 정처없이 바다를 항해하며 떠도는 율리시즈의 여정을 그렸다. 전쟁을 끝내고 사랑하는 아내 페네로페가 있는 곳을 찾아 많은 고난과 모험을 겪어 나간다.

An American soldier romances a beautiful Parisian during the final days of World War II.

The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy.

A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.

고리타분한 법학자, 마이클 라이트캡(Michael Lightcap: 로널드 콜맨 분)이라는 법학 교수가 여름 휴가를 보내기 위해 교사인 노라 셸리(Nora Shelley: 진 아서 분)의 집으로 온다. 대법원의 임명 발표를 기다리며 조용히 저작에나 힘쓸 양으로 집을 떠나온 것. 하지만 그의 여름 휴가는 조용함과는 거리가 멀게 됐다. 노라의 집에서 탈옥범인 리오폴드 딜그(Leopold Dilg: 캐리 그랜트 분)와 함께 지내게 됐기 때문이다. 리오폴드는 억울하게 공장 화재 사건의 주범으로 몰려 공장 방화와 과실 치사의 혐의를 받다 탈옥한 노라와 같은 마을 주민. 노라와의 친분을 이용, 노라를 설득해서 라이트캡에게는 정원사라고 속이고 그집에서 지낸다. 한편, 라이트캡 교수와 리오폴드는 노라를 두고 삼각 관계에 빠지게 되고 완고한 라이트캡 교수와 자유 분방한 리오폴드는 서로의 경쟁 속에 조금 씩 조금 씩 우정을 쌓기 시작한다. 라이트캡 교수는 리오폴드와의 대화를 통하여 완고하기만 하던 자신의 정의관을 점차 수정하며 자신의 강경 노선을 조금씩 바꿔가게되고, 리오폴드의 과거를 알게 되었을 때에도 리오폴드를 도와준다. 그리고 나중에는 화재 당시 죽은 것으로 알려졌던 공장 주임이 아직 살아 있으며 그 공장 주임에 의해 리오폴드가 누명을 썼다는 사실을 밝혀내 리오폴드의 죄를 씻어준다. 결말에 가서 라이트캡은 염원하던 대법원장의 일을 맡게 되고 리오폴드는 자유를, 그리고 노라까지 쟁취하여 각자 나름대로 행복한 결말을 맞는다.

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.