celebration of the life of singular artist, A.I. Bezzerides; novelist, screenwriter, contemporary of William Faulkner and John Fante, and the last of the proletariat poets.
Fritzi Haller is a powerful casino owner in Chuckawalla, Nevada. Her daughter Paula (having quit school) returns at the same time as racketeer Eddie Bendix, who left under suspicion of murdering his wife. Paula and Eddie become involved; each for their own reasons, Fritzi, Paula's old beau Tom, and Eddie's pal Johnny try to break up the relationship. Then Eddie's past catches u...
From IMDB: Hard, withdrawn city cop Jim Wilson roughs up one too many suspects and is sent upstate to help investigate the murder of a young girl in the winter countryside. There he meets Mary Malden, whom he finds attractive and independent. However, Mary's brother is chief suspect in the killing. And Mary herself is blind.
在远洋轮上当技师的尼克周游列国带着一大堆礼物兴高采烈回家,然而一到家他发现父亲的腿没有了。他的父亲是个做长途贩运的卡车司机,因为奸商麦克暗算而变成残废并且被麦克讹走一大笔钱。年轻气盛的尼克决定为父亲讨回公道。于是,他和人结伴收购了果园里的苹果准备去卖,一路上,他们遇到了暴胎、瞌睡、受伤等种种困难,终于将货物运到了市场,在市场上狭路相逢奸诈的麦克,麦克以卑鄙手段扎破尼克卡车的轮胎,试图让尼克就范,低价出售苹果,他还找来应招女郎丽卡纠缠尼克,但尼克胸有成竹对付奸商的计谋,据理力争,终于拿到了应得的份额。他高兴地请丽卡喝酒却招来横祸巨款被麦克手下以暴力手段抢走,尼克的女友知道了他的情况弃他而去,这反倒坚定了丽卡帮助他的决心,她不仅帮助尼克追回了巨款,也使得恶霸绳之以法,她自己也获得了尼克的爱情,好莱坞电影总是有着一个令人满意的结局,唯一遗憾的是虽然尼克赢得...
In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael Morrison arrives in Athens, intending to depart for London the following day. In his hotel room, Mike is visited by anti-fascist politico Dr. Stergiou, who asks him to carry a list of Greek resistance leaders to British intelligence in London. When Stergiou admits that he cannot pay ...
A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and an enormous panther with seemingly mythical qualities which is killing cattle. An arrogant, pitiless son (Robert Mitchum) and a rigid pharisaic mother side against a moral eldest son and and a defeate...