Med en kønt ansigt og pæn udbetaling er det ikke svært for frk. Wonderly af få detektiverne Spade & Archer til at beskytte sig. Men Archer bliver dræbt samme aften, og nu er det op til hårdkogte Sam Spade at redde trådene ud. Inden længe er Spade draget ind i et dødsensfarligt spil, hvor en gruppe forbrydere vil gøre alt for at få fat i en figur af en ridderfalk.

Flodbådskaptajnen Charlie Allnut ankommer til en lille missionsstation i Afrika for at advare missionærerne om, at 1. verdenskrig er brudt ud. Rose og hendes bror har ikke meget fidus til den upolerede kaptajn, men Charlie overtaler alligevel Rose til at flygte med hans lille flodbåd, og på deres farefulde tur ad floden får de rig lejlighed til at lære hinanden bedre at kende.

Den benhårde privatdetektiv Philip Marlowe bliver hyret af en døende general til at holde øje med hans datter, Carmen. Det viser sig hurtigt, at Carmen er kommet i dårligt selskab og er langt længere ude, end hvor hun kan bunde. Intriger og mord følger i tætte stimer, alt imens Marlowe bliver trukket ind i overklassens og underverdenens dekadente virkelighed. Men der skal mere til at slå verdens sejeste detektiv ud.

Lindsay Andersons film fra 1963 er en af de sidste af betydning fra perioden omkring "The British New Wave". Den foregår i Nordengland og følger en ung rugbyspiller (Richard Harris), hvis romantiske liv ikke helt er på højde med hans sportspræstationer. Kynisk går han efter at blive stjerne på det lokale hold, men samtidig forhindrer hans vrede natur ham i at komme tæt ind på livet af sin værtinde, som han egentlig gerne så som kvinden i sit liv.

A documentary short detailing the life of Italians living on the Po River in the 1940s.

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

After a drug deal gone wrong, Bédé goes into hiding in the countryside at a reformative school for criminal youth. His location is found out, and he and the pupils have to protect themselves with whatever means they have.

A middle-aged plumber quits his job and questions his life after seeing somebody his own age suddenly die from a heart attack on his way to work.

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.

This investigation examines the mysterious shooting of soul icon Sam Cooke, whose death silenced one of the most vital voices in the civil rights movement.

A documentary exploring the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on the New York Stock Exchange. More than $25 billion in individual wealth was lost. Later, three thousand banks failed, taking people's savings with them. Surviving eyewitnesses describe the biggest financial catastrophe in history.

Madman Marz, an old folklore legend who murdered his family before escaping into the woods, is inadvertently summoned to a campsite to finish the spree he started decades ago.

A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening it was already too late.

Every year, Albert buys his daughter an initiatory journey to a European country. For her 17th birthday he chooses a trip to Sweden to look for a Viking's treasure. When they arrive in the rented house, it is occupied by Anika and Christine, forcing them into an unusual cohabitation.

Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.

Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women. She is now a big-time director whose most recent film was a very expensive bomb. She comes up with the idea of making a romance based upon her fling with Jean-Louis. She contacts him to gain his permission. Jean-Louis is still in racing and goes away for a desert rally while she begins filming. She finds the mood of their romance difficult to recapture in her film.

Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer and cunningly uses his horrifying reputation to get the respect and heart of his beloved Sabrina, a journalist from a local newspaper. But this game turns out to be risky and in the end, both gangs don't hesitate to seize the check at all costs, including an improvised operation

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.

En planet farer igennem verdensrummet og har kurs mod en dødsdømt jord. En gruppe overlevere fra jorden vil bygge en rumraket og flyve til en anden planet.

Under 2. verdenskrig viser den amerikanske general Patton sig som en af krigens mest bemærkelsesværdige skikkelser. En usædvanlig soldat, hvis evner er fremragende, men hvis temperament ikke altid lader sig tøjle under de allieredes felttog i Nordafrika og op gennem Europa.