Perilous Holiday (1946)
Gênero : Drama, Crime
Runtime : 1H 29M
Director : Edward H. Griffith
Sinopse
A tale of an international counterfeiting-ring operating in Mexico starts with Patrick Nevil viewed as a suspicious character by newspaper woman Agnes Stuart, who is working on a story to expose racketeering night-club owner Doc Lilley.
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
The brash, opinionated owner of a nightclub manages to drive everybody crazy on a boat trip to Havana.
In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has disappeared without a trace. Taking advantage of the circumstance, Aurora Campos, a strong woman with overwhelming beauty, convinces the authorities to sell her the property in exchange for twelve thousand dollars. Soon after, when Ricardo suddenly reappears, a real battle is about to begin.
Cholita, after a long absence in Mexico City, is returning home to take up her duties as head of the rancho and, as everyone expects, to marry her childhood sweetheart José. Expectations are somewhat dashed as she shows up with Fernando to whom she is engaged. This makes José and Cholita's uncle more than a little bit put out as Fernando is not only not a Mexican, he is also a city slicker afraid of the country.
Audie Murphy e Broderick Crawford estrelam este clássico western que conta a história de dois inimigos que disputam o controle de uma cidade no Velho Oeste.
O ex-agente federal e justiceiro mexicano Machete Cortez é contratado pelo presidente dos Estados Unidos para encontrar traficantes perigosos no México e impedir que eles comecem uma guerra nuclear.
Nos anos 90, o mundo do crime e das drogas de Reykjavik passou por uma mudança drástica, de um mundo relativamente pequeno e inocente para um muito mais agressivo e violento, que assumiu o controle do submundo da Islândia. O protagonista, Stebbi, depois de reencontrar um amigo de infância, se junta ao mundo do tráfico de drogas para pagar sua dívida. Inspirado em eventos reais.
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
Chanfle (Roberto Goméz Bolaños) trabalha como roupeiro no América do México (seu clube de coração) e tem uma vida muito modesta, comparada à de Valentino (Carlos Villagrán), que é a estrela do time e que tem o contrato renovado por mais dois anos por uma quantidade exagerada de dinheiro, quando ele ameaça ir para o Real Madrid. Durante uma partida, o treinador do time Moncho Reyes (Ramón Valdés) manda Chanfle interromper de propósito o ritmo do time adversário mas, por ser honesto, ele se recusa, o que custa seu emprego que ele tanto necessitava, pois ganhava pouco, era casado há dez anos com Tere (Florinda Meza) e não podia ter um filho e constituir sua família. Um grande problema que o médico da equipe, o Dr. Nájera (Edgar Vivar) tentará resolver.
They are some of the biggest pyramids on the planet, millions of tons of stone and earth towering above the landscape in a display of massive wealth and power. But it wasn't the pharaohs that built these pyramids. This is the majestic ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico, home to one of the most powerful civilizations of its time. But why, around 750 AD, did the advanced civilization that created Teotihuacán suddenly vanish? The identities of its founders, the language they spoke and even the original name of the city are all unknown. DNA analysis of bodies from Teotihuacán shows they weren't Mayan, Incan or Aztec, but an entirely different civilization. It was assumed to have been a peaceful, utopian society, but the latest discoveries are revealing a much darker scenario. In the depths of Teotihuacán's pyramids, experts have uncovered vault after vault filled with curious human remains.
Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.
A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation that the first one who can double the amount -- without dishonesty-- will win a cool million. Hindering the four are the avaricious relatives of the late millionaire.
Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York to look for the girl's uncle. The trio soon unexpectedly become owners of a tired restaurant.
Shirley is the youngest of eight children from a mixed race marriage. By the time she is a toddler the family have moved to the all white area of Splott and by the time she is 12 Shirley has discovered she has an extraordinary voice and can earn money singing in pubs around the docks after her father if jailed for sexual crimes. As a young teenager she begins singing and dancing in 'coloured review shows'. But it is a chance meeting with struggling agent Mike Sullivan that changes her life forever. He promises to make her a star, but has no idea of the personal sacrifice that will mean for the teenaged Shirley.
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
A murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped the government's best engraver and is forcing him to print virtually undetectable phony money. The Secret Service's toughest agent, Jack Holt, and a female reporter go after the gang.
Um enorme tubarão-tigre ("Tintorera", em espanhol) traz morte e pânico ao litoral do México. Enquanto isso, uma jovem inglesa é cobiçada por dois valentes caçadores de tubarões, que se tornam os próximos alvos do animal assassino.