Riot (1969)
They exploded the ugliest riot in prison history to cover their dangerous, desperate break for freedom.
Gênero : Crime, Drama, Thriller
Runtime : 1H 36M
Director : Buzz Kulik
Escritor : James Poe
Sinopse
A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
Marion Crane é uma secretária que rouba 40 mil dólares da imobiliária onde trabalha para se casar e começar uma nova vida. Durante a fuga à carro, ela enfrenta uma forte tempestade, erra o caminho e chega em um velho hotel. O estabelecimento é administrado por um sujeito atencioso chamado Norman Bates, que nutre um forte respeito e temor por sua mãe. Marion decide passar a noite no local, sem saber o perigo que a cerca.
After an archaeological team in Arizona unearths a werewolf skeleton and one of them develops symptoms of lycanthropy before dying, the dig's foreman, Yuri, tries to infect other townspeople as an experiment. When a science writer named Paul takes up residence in the town to cover the dig and develops a romantic interest in a female team member, Yuri makes Paul his next target.
The movie is based on the autobiography of Horst Fantazzini. Son of an anarchist, he was known in Northern Italy as “the gentleman bandit” because he robbed banks without violence, with only a toy gun. After many convictions and jailbreaks, in the summer of 1973 he's being held in Fossano, Piedmont when he tries to escape again. This time things get messy and he has to use a real gun and take two prison guards as hostages.
The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, heading for the fort at Furnace Creek, that he should cancel the escort and rush to another town. Apache leader "Little Dog" is leading the attack on the wagon-train and massacring everyone at the poorly manned fort. As a result the treaty is broken with the Indians and the white settlers take over the territory with the help of the cavalry, as the Apaches are wiped out and only "Little Dog" remains at large. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell is court-martial-led for treason.
The Laguna Dam is to be built in Arizona to supply water to desert-land unfit for cultivation or stock-raising. Rival companies bid for the building contract, which leads to violence and danger for Bob Owen and his dog Satan.
Four prisoners, in convicts' stripes, march backwards down stairs and, under the watchful eyes of guards, hop backwards into their cells. Later, one overpowers a guard and springs his three pals. But, will they be able to pull off an escape? Other guards come to the aid of their fallen comrade before all four felons can flee. Guards and convicts spring forward and backward out of cells, up and down stairs, and into and out of freedom.
A CIA operative kills a terrorist during a prison break. When a group of terrorists attempts to recover a microchip implanted in the man's body, one of them is captured and convinced by the CIA to work for them as an informer.
During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a cover for his espionage activities. However, he soon finds out that a local businessman is selling weapons to a band of rampaging Indians.
Nightmares of the past haunt the beautiful, mysterious Olivia, a London resident who begins a passionate affair with American businessman Mike. Trapped in a loveless marriage and traumatized by memories of her mother's brutal murder, Olivia hopes her lover will offer a chance at a new life. However, ghostly voices and brutal murders ignite a fiendish, twist-filled story of double identities, deception, and erotic terror.
An undercover agent takes the job of sheriff in order to find the men responsible for a series of stagecoach robberies.
Grant hides stolen money in the luggage of Bonnie Shea who is moving west. Later when he and his men arrive to retrieve the money, they also kidnap Bonnie. This sends Reasonin' Bates and his cowhands on their horses after the gangsters in their cars.
In the small town of Larrup, Arizona, Smiley, a con-artist traveling with cohorts Kingfish, Morris and Ambrose, persuades Lynn Martin, a traveling demonstrator of pancake making, to accompany him to a carnival, where Kingfish sells a large number of bottles of Bambo, an elixir...
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.
Jogado para apodrecer em uma pequena sala-prisão na União Soviética, um recém-chegado é advertido por outro detento a não tocar em uma misteriosa caixa de madeira que repousa em cima do seu beliche. E muito menos pensar em abri-la. Curta vencedor de 2 prêmios BAFTA.
By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, escapes from the prison, and all of the law-agencies and local police are out to catch him with roadblocks and every car searched, but the escapee gets away. Bill Hasford, a private detective, investigating a racket finds it leads to the wanted man, and has the biggest adventure of his career.
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.
Jake e Kyle são dois meninos que cresceram juntos numa zona rural no Arizona. Eles são os melhores amigos, e começam a ter uma relação muito forte, quando a família de Jake se muda para a Califórnia. Jake e Kyle nunca poderam esquecer seu forte vínculo emocional, e Jake, volta à sua cidade natal pela primeira vez em 15 anos, para ver Kyle e renovar sua especial amizade.
Based on actual creatures that for years have tormented our armed forces in the Middle East, these creatures have now invaded the southwestern deserts of the United States. The Camel Spiders now freely hunt for prey, unafraid of any predator - including man. No place is safe no one is beyond their paralyzing sting. In the end, a small band of hearty fighters are forced to make one last stand against the creatures.
A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.
Os presidiários Peter Van Hook (Alan Ladd) e John McBain (Ernest Borgnine) ficam amigos na prisão. Soltos quase ao mesmo tempo, eles planejam dar um grande golpe juntos. Decididos a passar a perna no dono de uma rica mina de ouro, eles propõem um trato que não pretendem cumprir: 100 mil dólares em dinheiro vivo em troca de 200 mil dólares em ouro. O dono, que também pensava em passar a perna nos trapaceiros, aceita. Dirigida por Delmer Daves, "Os Homens das Terras Bravas" é um remake de "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950).