Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach house. Vanessa's sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an 'octopus' boyfriend. Before you know it, Chris is involved with both mother and daughter, and his only way out is to take a job in a Mexican picture about man-eating orchids...
2차대전 후의 일본을 무대로 미군과 일본인 여성간의 국적을 넘어선 로맨스를 그린 작품. 아카데미 남우조연(레드 버턴스), 여우조연(우미키 미요시)상 수상작. 우메키 키요시는 아시아인으로는 최초로 아카데미 연기 부문 수상자가 되었다. 한국전쟁에서 격추왕의 별명으로 알려진 글루버 소위는 인사이동으로 일본으로 갔다. 어느날 가극단의 꽃인 하나오기와 만난 글루버는 그녀와 뜨거운 사랑에 빠진다. 과거 부하인 켈리 중위가 일본인여성과 사랑을 할 때 그 결혼식에 참석했을 정도로 친일적이었던 글루버는 약혼녀와 헤어지고, 하나오기와의 사랑을 선택한다. 한편 하나오기는 글루버와의 이별을 결심하나, 퇴역각오로 결혼을 설득하는 그의 사랑에 다시금 미래를 약속한다.
A young bride is set to begin her honeymoon aboard a luxury liner. Her happiness does not last when she finds that her husband has disappeared. Trouble is, no one else ever saw him board the ship with her and his name has mysteriously dropped from the passenger list.
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.
