A fascinating look at the life and work of some of Hollywood's most iconic filmmakers.
Facing the death penalty for murdering his wife's lover, Mark Robson guarantees his lawyer $2 million if he gets him off, as a guilty verdict looks increasingly certain. Robson claims the gun fired accidentally, though the safety catch was on, but a ballistics expert testifies: that's impossible.
How long can a witness to another witness being gunned down survive in the Roaring 20s U.S. The trigger-men are prized customers of eyewitness no. 2, timid gunsmith Cyril T. Jones who withstands 3 bullets from his clients. Jonesy stalls while hospitalized, pretending he can't talk, whenever the law tries to interrogate him.
Karen wakes up in an unfamiliar bed, with a hangover that's even worse than usual. She knows that by getting drunk again she has once more broken her promise to her boyfriend Jeff. Then she realizes that her hand is bandaged and badly injured, and she struggles to remember what happened the night before. She had gone to a party with Jeff, but she felt uncomfortable and lonely, ...
Herbert is digging in his basement when his wife Hermione calls him upstairs to eat. She thinks he is making a wine cellar, but he is really planning to kill her and bury her in the basement. At lunch, Hermione goes over all the arrangements she has made for a business trip to California that they are about to take together. Several friends then come over to visit, and after th...
大学运动队长罗迪贝维克(艾弗诺维诺饰)因为勾引一名女招待并与他生下孩子而受到指责,但他拒绝说出真正的肇事者,他的好友蒂姆韦克利(罗宾欧文饰)。他因此被赶出了学校,并且因为不满父亲贝维克爵士(诺曼麦金尼尔饰)怀疑他的清白而离家出走。他加入了一支歌舞剧团,爱上了一个贪慕虚荣的女演员茱莉亚(伊莎贝尔琼斯),不久他继承了三万英镑的遗产。他买下豪宅并供养茱莉亚挥霍,茱莉亚却勾搭上了另外一个男演员阿奇(伊恩亨特)。最终,罗迪失去了财产和茱莉亚。他一贫如洗,来到了巴黎当起陪舞,最终流落到马赛的廉价旅店。旅店老板收留他的原因是想把他送回家后另一笔酬金。罗迪发现自己身处货轮,那些被人伤害、欺骗的回忆一一在他眼中闪现,人生的这段下坡路不断刺激着他。最后几经漂泊终于回到了家中,等待他的是……
希区柯克曾说其中一个镜头呈现“颠倒站立的诺维洛”是他所有电影中个非...
Iggy Kovacs, a Brooklyn hoodlum is gunned down and his childhood friend remembers the day, 35 years before, that had a profound impact on Iggy and set his future course in life. Iggy and his pal see the local gangster, Mr. Rose, beat up someone. They try to report it to the police but no one, including Iggy's father, seems to have the courage to take on the local gangster.
When Capt. Ernest Fisher learns that Milton Potter has been released from prison after serving his 15 year sentence, he tells his subordinates about this very strange case. Potter was a bookkeeper for a bank. He did his work well and was reliable but people knew very little about his private life. When it's determined that he embezzled $200,000 he is eventually sent to jail. No...