Mystery Inc. is summoned to investigate occurrences in a haunted villa, where a black knight terrorizes anybody who tries to get close to treasure hidden by the former owner of the building.
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.
A young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities finally interfere.
Den tyske journalist Philip Winter møder i USA kort en kvinde, der overlader ham sin lille datter Alice i lufthavnen på vej til Europa. Da moderen ikke dukker op som aftalt, leder Philip og Alice efter bedstemoderen og knytter et venskab.
The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they created together with the late friend, new ones are on their way, starting right there at the cemetery.
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their native city of Havana. The result is a spectacular compilation of concert footage from the group's gigs in Amsterdam and New York City's famed Carnegie Hall, with director Wim Wenders capturing not only the music -- but also the musicians' life stories.
På skiltet uden for landevejscafeen står der "Mand søges". Vagabonden Frank Chambers ved, at skiltet har mere end én betydning, da han får øje på den trutmundede og strålende Cora, som er den ældre caféejers unge kone. John Garfield og Lana Turner yder skelsættende bedrifter i deres karrierer i rollerne som Frank og Cora, det elskende par, som forkludrer deres første forsøg på at rydde Coras mand af vejen, hvorefter de gennemfører det, forråder hinanden under retssagen og ender med at klare frisag. Men dermed er det ikke slut på deres flygtige forhold. Som filmens metaforiske titel antyder, vil skæbnen snart ringe på igen.
Romernes kejser Cæsar og egypternes dronning Kleopatra kan ikke helt enes om det egyptiske folks fortræffeligheder. De indgår et væddemål, hvor Kleopatras arkitekt, Linealis, skal designe et palads til Cæsar. Linealis er dog ikke i stand til at slå en lige streg og søger hjælp hos sin galliske ven, druiden Miraculix. Med hans trylledrik, Asterix' snilde og Obelix' råstyrke skal det nok gå alt sammen.
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
En amerikaner rejser til Spanien for at deltage i den Spanske Borgerkrig. Han forelsker sig i en kvindelig flygtning, hvorefter han tager på en selvmordsmission. Sam Woods filmatisering af Hemingways klassiske roman har Gary Cooper og Ingrid Bergman i hovedrollerne. En spændende og utrolig flot film til trods for, at angst for politisk pres fra datidens Spanien (Franco) og et tilsvarende religiøst pres (katolikkerne) gjorde filmens budskab uklart.
After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie, fashionable Sarah, and writer Andrew, who brings his American TV star wife, Carol. Sarah's new boyfriend, Brian, also attends. It has been 10 years since college, and they find their lives are very different.
Nervepirrende spænding og genialt plot af Frederick Forsyth, forfatteren til bl.a. ”Sjakalen” om en djævelsk russisk plan, der skal få England til at melde sig ud af Nato og smide amerikanerne på porten. Af mange betragtet som den bedste spionhistorie nogensinde…
Tre kortfilm, som udspiller sig i New York. 'Life lessons' handler om en kunstner, som er besat af sin assistent. 'Life without Zoe' om en pige, der bor på hotel. Og 'Oedipus Wrecks' om en 50-årig, der ikke kan gøre sig fri af sin mor.
Journalisten Fletch arver en plantage i syden og er ikke sen til at sige sit job op for at starte et liv Southern Gentleman. Plantagen viser sig at være temmelig forfalden men Fetch kommer sig over skuffelsen ved at gå i seng med sin labre advokat. Næste morgen er hun død, og det bliver op til Fletch at udnytte sit instinkt og talrige forklædninger til at opklare sagen.
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.
Radioskuespilleren Larry og hans viv, Vickie, tager ophold på et skummelt, gammelt landsted, der tilhører hans tante. For at kurere Larry for hans tilbagevendende nervøse frygt vil familien prøve at skræmme ham halvt ihjel. Uheldigvis huserer både varulve og mordere også omkring huset.