Castle on the Hudson (1940)
The big John Garfield thrill !
Жанр : криминал, драма
Время выполнения : 1Ч 17М
Директор : Anatole Litvak
Писатель : Seton I. Miller, Brown Holmes, Courtney Terrett
Краткое содержание
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Rodeo-cum-prison movie about an ageing rodeo star bonding with a young rookie while they both serve time.
After getting sentenced with one month in prison for contempt of court, the lawyer Sbankh tries to take advantage of his jail time to establish many relations, most notably with drug dealer Hassouna,and Salim Abu Zaid, one of the centers of power in the 60s.
Проблемного и невероятно жестокого подростка переводят в тюрьму для взрослых, где он встречает своего отца…
A cowboy whose sister has been murdered by a gang of vicious outlaws seeks his revenge. But a venerable old lawman is about to teach the vigilante a lesson about taking the law into one's own hands.
A man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory.
Saloon singer Aurora is sentenced to two years in prison for a prostitution conviction. When she gets out of prison, she gets romantically involved with Alejandro Luque, the respected judge who tried her case. Aurora and her boyfriend, el Rizos, plan to blackmail the judge. But Aurora gets a change of heart as she comes to know the judge better.
The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room, culminating in his summoning up a charming lady to share his meal. Hearing the guards approaching, the man reverses the process, ending with a bare room when the two men enter.
A man is facing a trial for murdering a Latvian union leader, which more likely than not will end with a death sentence. A close-up look at his emotional journey through the trial, imprisonment and beyond.
Невинная поездка на природу превращается для брата и сестры в опасное приключение, когда они становятся свидетелями убийства. Стремясь избавиться от ненужных глаз, преступники начинают безжалостную охоту на детей. Отец ребят Джек Дэмсон, отбывающий срок в тюрьме за акцию протеста, которая привела к трагическим последствиям, разрабатывает план побега, чтобы вырвать своих детей из цепких лап профессиональных преступников Томми и Кенни.
Хроники о жизненном пути Нельсона Манделы, начиная от детства в глухой деревне, до его вступления в должность первого демократически избранного президента ЮАР.
Billy Wade (James Brown) is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt (Robert Karnes), not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces Billy's participation with an offer he cannot refuse, unaware that Billy is actually working on the side of the law.
Четверо заключенных, осужденных к длительным тюремным срокам, за примерное поведение получают отпуск на четырнадцать дней. За это время каждый из них должен разобраться с проблемами, накопившимися за годы их отсутствия на свободе. Один из «отпускников» пытается спасти рушащуюся семью; другой – найти доказательства своей невиновности; третий – разыскать девушку, которую когда-то любил; четвертый – исправить совершенную в прошлом ошибку.
A young man who is thrown into jail simply because he displeases a police inspector. But even when he's eventually released, the police continue to persecute him until he feels he has no choice but to become a real criminal.
This delicate and impressive collection of life experiences centers on a group of foreigners -- Chinese, Peruvian, North American, Senegalese, Australians, French -- who are trapped in Brazilian jails.
When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.
Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor of low-class French society. All the while, the two desperately search for one another.
События происходят где-то на территории Советского Союза. Некий заключенный попадает в камеру, где уже находится один человек. Увидев красную коробку, новоприбывший интересуется её содержимым…
30 лет назад Либби пережила страшную трагедию: ночью убили её мать и двух сестер, а в преступлении сознаётся её старший брат, вина которого не была доказана полностью. Спустя время Либби решает возобновить расследование и узнать всё, что произошло в ту роковую ночь.
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.
Escaped Nazi POWs hold the denizens of a California resort hostage.
