Beyond the Sacramento (1940)
He's Got Every Outlaw Measured For A Wooden Overcoat!
Жанр : вестерн
Время выполнения : 58М
Директор : Lambert Hillyer
Писатель : Luci Ward
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Bill learns that two con artists whom he has dealt with before are at it again. Crowley runs the saloon and Adams the newspaper and both are highly respected by the citizens. Bill has foiled their schemes before and this time he breaks into Adams' office and resets the front page saying Adams confesses to be a fugitive criminal. When the citizens gather the next day the end is near for Adams and Crowley.
Действие фильма происходит во время немецкой оккупации Генуи зимой 1943-1944 годов. После того как гестаповцы случайно убивают генерала Делла Ровере, лидера итальянского Сопротивления, местный комендант убеждает Бардоне, аморального мошенника, выдавать себя за убитого генерала. Под его именем Бардоне отсылают в миланскую тюрьму, где он должен узнать лидера партизан, с которым Делла Ровере собирался встретиться перед смертью. Бардоне, однако, начинает идентифицировать себя со своими товарищами-заключенными и находит в себе недоступные ему доселе моральные силы и дух лидера Сопротивления.
After a prosecution lawyer is framed and convicted for murder, he tries to catch the real murderer from jail with the help of a con artist.
Джонни Стюарт — молодой парень, который уже давно промышляет мелкими кражами и мошенничеством. Его отец был полицейским и погиб, выполняя опасное задание. После его смерти жизнь Джонни стала очень тяжелой, и у него не оставалось иного выбора, кроме как зарабатывать на жизнь, нарушая закон. Когда после очередной кражи парень угодил за решетку, на помощь ему пришёл бывший коллега отца — лейтенант полиции Уолш, который уверен в том, что Джонни может стать на правильный путь. С его помощью Стюарт устраивается на работу в банк, вот только научиться зарабатывать честным путем оказывается очень непросто.
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