Prestige (1931)
Gênero : Aventura
Runtime : 1H 11M
Director : Tay Garnett
Escritor : Francis Edward Faragoh
Sinopse
A woman joins her fiance at a Malaysian prison camp only to discover he's become an alcoholic.
Quando o estudioso e bem-educado Stanley Livingston concorda com o esquema insano do seu amigo Buzz Johnson, a dupla de trapalhões acaba participando de uma expedição às selvas africanas. Com Stanley se passando por caçador experiente, eles acompanham a exploradora Diana Emerson em busca de uma mina de diamantes escondidos. No entanto, muitos nativos e animais selvagens estão entre o caminho dos aventureiros e o tesouro.
Um soldado americano que escapa da execução de seus camaradas por soldados japoneses em Bornéu durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial se torna o líder de um império pessoal entre os headhunters nesta história de guerra contada no estilo de Joseph Conrad e Rudyard Kipling. O americano está relutante em voltar à luta contra os japoneses, a pedido de uma equipe de comando britânica, mas conduz uma guerra de vingança quando os japoneses atacam seu povo adotivo.
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.
Henry é um oficial americano que, durante as batalhas da Primeira Guerra, é ferido em ação. Ele, então, recebe cuidados de uma enfermeira britânica e acaba apaixonando-se por ela. Para viver este amor, eles fogem dos horrores da guerra.
Susan sonha em ser a cientista mais famosa do mundo. Seu marido, George, quer ser papai o quanto antes. Os sonhos do casal se realizam quando, durante uma expedição pelas selvas africanas, encontram um filhote de brontossauro.
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Os irmãos Monte e Ray deixam Oxford para se juntar ao Royal Flying Corps. Ray ama Helen e Helen gosta de se divertir com Monte. Antes de saírem em missão na Alemanha, encontram-na nos braços de outro homem.
Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell from his penthouse balcony. When it is discovered that the plunge was not an accident, the building's residents come under suspicion. Soon, the body count begins to mount as three more murders occur by strangulation.
Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of the criminal as well. Meanwhile, Cornelia Van Gorder has various people arrive at her old mansion, including her niece, Dale, a bank employee, and police detective Anderson. When guests start turning up dead, Cornelia begins to suspect that The Bat may be lurking around the estate.
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Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
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