Lewis Meltzer

A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.

Эдди Рико, бухгалтер в отставке мафиозного клана Сида Кубика, узнаёт, что двое его младших братьев совершили заказное убийство и скрываются как от полиции, так и от заказчиков преступления. Главный герой пытается найти своих братьев и помочь им сбежать за границу…

Милли, нелепая непривлекательная женщина, знакомится с тихим и скромным Бертом Хэнсоном. Она жаждет любви, хватается за нее руками и ногами, а получает в результате шизофреника.

Фрэнки Макине, маэстро карточной игры, возвращается домой из наркологического реабилитационного центра, в котором он лечился. Он мечтает начать новую жизнь, бросить игру и стать джазовым барабанщиком. Но его прикованная к инвалидной коляске жена Зош, требует, чтобы все осталось по-старому. Его бывший хозяин шантажом заставляет его вновь сесть за карты, а наркодилер соблазняет бесплатным уколом. И только его бывшая любовница Молли поддерживает в нем надежду на перемены и веру в себя. Обиду, злость, ревность, наркотические ломки предстоит пережить Фрэнки, чтобы приблизиться к своей мечте.

William Castle directed this Sam Katzman production, a gritty crime thriller about a newly-discharged sailor who gets a job as a longshoreman in The Big Easy. He swiftly discovers mob corruption throughout the docks, and when a friend is killed by the gangsters, he convinces the police to let him go undercover and take matters into his own hands. Filmed on location on the docks and in the French Quarter.

Nobody has an easy time of it in the costume actioner Shark River. Wanted for murder, Clay Webley (Warren Stevens) and his wounded cellmate Curtis Parker (Robert Cunningham) hack their way through the Florida swampland. With the help of Clay's brother Dan (Steve Cochran), Clay is able to elude the authorities, but Parker dies of a snakebite. Subsisting on alligator meat, Dan and Clay make their way to the tiny cabin inhabited by widowed Jane Daughterty (Carole Mathews), her mother-in-law, and her son Johnny (Spencer Fox). The brothers rest here awhile, formulating plans to cross the Gulf of Mexico and head for Cuba.

A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.

As Jerry Golding scales the heights of show business, he breaks the heart of his father, who'd hoped that Jerry would follow in his footsteps. Sorrowfully, Cantor Golding reads the Kaddish service, indicating that, so far as he is concerned, his son is dead. A tearful reconciliation occurs when Jerry dutifully returns to sing the "Kol Nidre" in his ailing father's absence.

Событием в жизни маршала Лена Меррика явилась смерть его отца. Когда-то он отказался сопровождать с отцом двоих бандитов, те освободились от наручников и убили отца. Теперь история повторяется. Меррик с двумя помощниками пресекает попытку самосуда над человеком, обвиненным в убийстве. Чтобы осуществить над ним справедливый суд, его надо доставить в Санта Рома, а для этого пересечь каменистую пустыню с полным набором сопутствующих такому переходу лишений. Да, к тому же, отбиваясь от преследователей, тех самых, которые хотели повесить беднягу. Никакие доводы не действуют на Меррика, он решает доставить подозреваемого любой ценой, а все потому, что когда-то не помог отцу. Вот вам и объяснение такой настойчивости. В конечном итоге, подозреваемый окажется не виновен, тем самым Меррик как бы искупает свою вину, а все повествование выстраивается в единую логическую цепь…

Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue.

Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue.

Приехав с мужем на несколько дней в Лас-Вегас, Джоан, незаметно для себя, оказывается втянутой в трясину азартной игры. И чем больше Джоан думает, что может контролировать себя, тем безвозвратнее она уходит вниз, на дно. На кон поставлено все: счастье в браке, будущие дети, собственная жизнь. И Джоан оказывается перед выбором: сделать последнюю ставку или выбрать жизнь.

A doctor hunts a vicious, man-eating tiger that terrorizes a native jungle village. In time the doctor experiences a personal change when he accepts their native customs and beliefs.

Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.

A boy from the country inherits $10 million, and decides to go to New York City to live it up.

Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night, Flynn meets a young boy who just might save the day. Inside a small box the boy shows Flynn his pride and joy: a caterpillar named Curly that dances to Yes Sir, That's My Baby. Word quickly spreads about the amazingly talented hoofer, and the caterpillar becomes a symbol of hope for wartime America. Soon, offers are pouring in to capitalize on this sensational insect.

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.

After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight, Chester saves the day by towing in a large ship abandoned at sea and claiming the salvage. But opening a joint bank account in the name of the Tuttle clan may not have been a wise decision.

Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.

Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.

Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from the police.

Джо Бонапарте, одаренный скрипач, из-за крайней бедности вынужден выступать на ринге. Он проявил себя талантливым боксером, хотя видно, что он бережет кулаки, опасаясь повредить руки музыканта и похоронить мечту, ради которой его отец-эмигрант многим пожертвовал. Том Муди, менеджер Джо, подговаривает свою подружку Лорну Мун убедить парня забыть о своих музыкальных стремлениях и возвратить его на ринг. Это приводит к трагедии…

A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.