Nightbeat (1947)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 31M
Director : Harold Huth
Sinopse
After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
Enquanto adapta um romance de fantasia para videogame em 1984, um jovem programador começa a questionar o próprio conceito de realidade e acaba enfrentando um desafio alucinante.
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
Um líder nacionalista irlandês ferido tenta fugir da polícia após um roubo fracassado em Belfast. Johnny McQueen, líder de uma organização clandestina irlandesa, está se escondendo na casa de Kathleen e sua mãe, planejando um assalto que fornecerá ao seu grupo os fundos necessários para continuar suas atividades. Durante o assalto, as coisas correm mal: Johnny está ferido, não consegue voltar para o esconderijo e desaparece nos becos de Belfast. Imediatamente, é lançada uma caça ao homem em grande escala, e a cidade é rigidamente vigiada pela polícia, cujo chefe pretende capturar Johnny e os outros membros da gangue. Kathleen sai em busca de Johnny. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
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An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
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A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid that discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Após anos trabalhando como cobrador pessoal da máfia de sua cidade, Marley (Frederick Schmidt) comete um grande deslize ao, acidentalmente, matar uma mulher em uma de suas visitas. Tornando-se foragido tanto pela polícia quanto por outros mafiosos, ele deve aprender a lidar com o sentimento de culpa enquanto planeja uma maneira de fugir das ameaças.
A rotina diária de dois policiais de Londres é interrompida por um assassino.
Seguimos as atividades diárias de dois Bobbies, policiais de Londres, o veterano George Dixon e o novato Andy Mitchell. Dois jovens 'Robin Hood', Tom Riley e Spud, planejam uma série de roubos usando Diana, a garota de Tom, como trabalhadora interna. Mas em seu segundo crime, um de nossos heróis policiais é baleado por Tom, desencadeando uma caçada por toda a cidade. O assassino é esperto, mas será que ele é mais esperto que todos?
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Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he in kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.
Uma mulher britânica em uma visita à Berlim do pós-guerra é envolvida numa trama de contrabando de segredo de espionagem para dentro e para fora do Bloco Oriental.
An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.
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