Script Supervisor
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.
Researcher
Bowie, a youthful convicted murderer, and bank robbers Chicamaw and T-Dub escape from a Mississippi chain gang in the 1930s. They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks. Bowie, who is injured in an auto accident, takes refuge with the daughter of the gas station attendant, Keechie. They become romantically involved but their relationship is strained by Bowie's refusal to turn his back on crime. The film is based on the novel Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson. The novel is also the source material for the 1949 film They Live by Night, directed by Nicholas Ray.
Producer's Assistant
Um filme de Western que marca a estréia de Sidney Poitier como diretor. Buck (Poitier), um ex-sargento Confederado da Cavalaria, escolta escravos libertos até a fronteira do Colorado. Junto com ele vai sua esposa (Ruby Dee) e um condenado picareta com uma bíblia na mão, chamado de O Padre (Belafonte). Atacados por racistas caçadores de recompensa, determinados a devolvê-los à sua antiga condição de escravos, Buck e seus seguidores têm que usar toda coragem para continuar seu caminho e ajudar a construir o Velho Oeste.
