A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
Casts John Ireland, Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Mercedes McCambridge, Shepperd Strudwick, Ralph Dumke, Anne Seymour, Katherine Warren, Raymond Greenleaf
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Embrujo antillano
House Made of Dawn
Thalapathi
The Accused
Making Love
The Robe
Dragostea și revoluția
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
North Dallas Forty
Monkey Shines
The King of Kings
Teki Cometh
The Deer King
A Cuban Fight Against Demons
Bumerang-Bumerang
The Accusation
The Scent of Incense
The Sound of Fury
The Queen's Necklace
Prides
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Embrujo antillano
IMDB 5 | Apr , 1946
Power struggles among the owners of a cigar factory;meanwhile, a society babe and a factory girl compete over the youngest of the executives.House Made of Dawn
IMDB 0 | Mar , 1972
Adaption of N. Scott Momaday's Pulitzer Prize winning novelThalapathi
IMDB 7.9 | Nov , 1991
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.The Accused
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1949
A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.Making Love
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 2000
Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin have a story behind that could concern her. It is the love story between Jeno Varga and the music, between Jeno and Sophie.The Robe
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1953
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.Dragostea și revoluția
IMDB 5.7 | Jan , 1983
Being in an unhappy marriage, the wife of an important director complains to the party when she is threatened by divorce, saying that her husband has an antisocial behavior. This is an occasion for the people present at that meeting to evaluate their own personal lives.One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
IMDB 5.7 | Jul , 1975
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.North Dallas Forty
IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 1979
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.Monkey Shines
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 1988
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.The King of Kings
IMDB 8.1 | Apr , 2025
Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice.Teki Cometh
IMDB 9.5 | Jan , 2025
Gisuke is a retired college professor. His wife has passed away, and he is now living alone in an old Japanese-style house. One day, an unsettling message appears on his computer saying that the enemy is coming.The Deer King
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 2021
Following a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving only Van and a young girl named Yuna as survivors. Finally free, the pair seek out a simple existence in the countryside but are pursued by nefarious forces. Intent on protecting Yuna at all costs, Van must uncover the true cause of the plague ravaging the kingdom—and its possible cure.A Cuban Fight Against Demons
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1972
In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.Bumerang-Bumerang
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1989
A group of young people become involved with the kidnap of a local politician with the aim of halting construction work on a nearby nuclear power plant.The Accusation
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1987
Ahmed, the son of a senior doctor, grows up with his colleague Ibrahim, the only son of a senior businessman. The two young men succeed. Ibrahim's father established a top-level hospital, and assigned Ahmed the task of managing the hospital administratively and Ibrahim the task of managing the medical aspect. Ibrahim gets to know Maha through Dawlat Hanem. Dawlat tries to strengthen the relationship between Ahmed and Maha.The Scent of Incense
IMDB 7.2 | May , 1964
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.The Sound of Fury
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 1950
A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.The Queen's Necklace
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1929
Adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel 'The Queen's Necklace' which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution.Prides
IMDB 8 | Apr , 1982
Professor Cristian conducts research on a citostatic. He is still dealing though with the unjust condemning he suffered in the 50s. Some of the people around him try to bring him down with same type of accusations.