Michael Curtiz’ gangster-mesterværk fra 1938 handler om vennerne Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) og Jerry Connolly (Pat O’Brien), der som børn begik småtyverier sammen. Rocky blev snuppet af politiet, mens Jerry undslap og nu som voksen vender tilbage til sit barndomskvarter som præst. Rocky er imidlertid blevet en forhærdet forbryder, som kvarterets drenge ser op til, til stor sorg for Jerry, der arbejder på at holde drengene på den rigtige side af loven.
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
An anti-British propaganda film from Nazi Germany which depicts the life of the South African politician Paul Kruger and his eventual defeat by the British during the Boer War.
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Rouen, Normandy, 1431, during the Hundred Years' War. After being captured by French soldiers from an opposing faction, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans, is unjustly tried by an ecclesiastical court overseen by her English enemies.
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
James Gregory er en hvid afrikaner i Sydafrika, og ser på alle sorte som undermennesker. Da Mandela bliver sat i husarrest på Robben Island, bliver det Gregorys opgave at bevogte ham. Mens årene går, bliver de to efterhånden venner og Gregory udvikler sig fra en enøjet racist til en vaskeægte humanist med stor respekt for alle sine medmennesker.
Småforbryderne Rico og hans ven Joe tager til Chicago for at få gang i deres karrierer. Rico vil være en stor kanon indenfor underverdenen, mens Joe vil prøve lykken som professionel danser. Rico bliver en del af mafialederen Sam Vettoris slæng og stiger hurtigt i graderne. Rico er ambitiøs og er villig til at gå langt for at komme helt til tops. Til gengæld vil Joe gerne lægge sine fortid bag sig, men det passer ikke ind i Ricos planer.
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Roderick Usher, der bor i et gammelt palæ sammen med sin søster Madeline. Han fortæller Madeline’s forlovede Philip, at hun på grund af sindssyge i familien ikke må føde børn. Da Madeline forsvinder og erklæres for død, har Philip en grufuld mistanke om, hvad der i virkeligheden er sket.
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.
In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Dette er Hitchcocks sidste film i hans britiske periode, før han tog til Hollywood og begyndte at arbejde for David O. Selznick. Handlingen udspiller sig i Cornwell, England i 1800-tallet. En gruppe ubarmhjertige smuglere ledet af Sir Humphrey Pengallan har specialiseret sig i at plyndre skibe, efter de er kommet i havsnød, som gruppen forårsager ved at slukke for fyrtårne på land. Den smukke og forældreløse Mary ankommer til kroen Jamaica for at bo hos sin onkel Joss og tante Patience, der ejer kroen. Mary aner ikke, at kroen er smuglernes tilholdssted, og at hendes onkel Joss også er involveret. I mellemtiden sender forsikringsselskabet Lloyd's of London deres dygtigste mand, Jem Trahearne, af sted for at undersøge de tilbagevendende skibsbrud. Jem indlogerer sig på Jamaica Kroen, og da smuglerne finder ud af, hvem han er, prøver de at myrde ham. Men Mary redder ham, og nu er smuglerne ude efter både Jem og Mary.
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.
A former leader of the French Resistance finds that one of his fellow actors looks like a detestable official he knew in Madagascar during the war. He tells about his time, operating an illegal radio station while evading the Nazis.