The Killing Kind (1973)
The Killing Kind (1973) Young Terry Lambert returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer and the girl who framed him. But his real problem is his overbearing mother, whose boarding house he resides in and who keeps bringing h
Brother Orchid (1940)
Brother Orchid (1940) Gang boss Little John Sarto returns from Europe where he was looking for "class" to find the new gang leader Jack Burns unwilling to relinquish his control. When Sarto puts together a rival gang he gets wounded and seeks refuge in a monastery. He is gradually transformed by the
Waters Edge (1964)
Waters Edge (1964) Rusty Connors is a prison cellmate with Mike Krause, who tells Rusty all about his girlfriend Helen. Mike becomes ill with pneumonia, and reveals to Rusty on his deathbed that a stash of ...
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950) A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Golden Needles (1974)
Golden Needles (1974) Various factions are fighting each other to gain possession of a very special statue. The statue itself is not worth much, the needles inside it are the true prize. These "golden needles" hold extraordinary and unique properties, if inserted in the right positions in
Maisie (1939)
Maisie (1939) Stranded, penniless in a small Wyoming town, Maisie Ravier flirts with Slim, the manager of Clifford Ames' ranch. Disgusted by Maisie's flirtation, Slim orders her to leave town. Maisie meets up with Ames and his adulterous wife, Sybil, and gets hired as their maid. When Ames is in an
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Rita Phipps makes as much money writing radio scripts at night as her school teacher husband does. Deborah Bishop looked great in a Navy unifo
Crazy Mama (1975)
Crazy Mama (1975) Jonathan Demme directs this joyous relentlessly kitschy celebration of 50's America: opportunity, rock'n'roll, and the road. He follows three generations of women and the men they pick up, for a crime spree from California to the old family homestead in Arkansas.
Congo Maisie (1940)
Congo Maisie (1940) In this adaptation of the novel "Congo Landing," showgirl Maisie Ravier is left stranded in an African village. She's given refuge by Michael Shane, an attractive, but hard-boiled local doctor. She soon finds herself playing Dear Abby for a visiting doctor and his wife, warding o
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
Gold Rush Maisie (1940) Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) Parting company with her on-stage partner Professor Orco partly due to the job being potentially hazardous to her health, streetwise but kind-hearted vaudeville performer Maisie Ravier, in Chicago, goes on a search for another job. That search takes her to a commercial bui
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944) Maisie is overworked at her defense job and is ordered to take a two week vacation. When she meets Tommy, he offers her a job singing with his band in Reno, but she has to get there on her own. So at the bus station, she finds a ticket and a soldier who gives her a letter
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
Maisie Was a Lady 1941 Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his familys new maid Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the familys many problems
Kid Millions (1934)
Kid Millions (1934) A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.