Anden verdenskrig. På den karibiske ø Martinique, er Harry Morgan kaptajn på en hyrebåd og opretholder en politik om streng neutralitet over for krigen og Vichy-frankrig, som styrer øen. Men alt dette ændrer sig, da Morgan møder den unge, Amerikanske kabaretsangerinde Marie Browning og en flygtende leder af den franske modstandsbevægelse, som begge har brug for transport væk fra øen.

Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.

After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.

A drunken, self-destructive woman called Betty wanders into a Parisian bar where she meets middle-aged alcoholic Laure. Laure decides to take care of Betty. Recovering in a hotel room, Betty begins to recount to Laure the story of her bourgeois life and her unhappy and unfaithful marriage.

A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.

Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveler Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious.

A professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful contestant. In order to get the girl he must win the "Tour of Italy", so professor sells his soul to the devil to get the winning and the girl.

George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows signs of falling in love.

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

Elizabeth Curtis ankommer til Afrika for at lede efter sin mand, der er forsvundet i sin søgen efter de legendariske Kong Salomon’s miner. Hun får hjælp fra storvildtjægeren Allan Quartermain, som modvilligt må acceptere, at hun insisterer på selv at deltage i ekpeditionen.

Efter mange år i fængsel bliver den trætte og formodet rehabiliterede Doc (Sam Jaffe) løsladt. Men Doc har planlagt et juvelkup, mens han sad inde, og opsøger nu sin gamle bande, caféværten Gus (James Whitmore), pengeskabseksperten Ciavelli (Anthony Caruso) og den koldblodige dræber Dix (Sterling Hayden). John Hustons berømte kriminalfilm er først og fremmest et psykologisk karakterstudie og er en af de første film, der viser et kup fra kupmagernes side.

Den gribende historie om den forældreløse Oliver Twist har berørt mennesker verden over i mere end et århundrede. Lille Oliver vokser op på et børnehjem, men bliver smidt ud og havner hos den onde bandeleder Fagin og hans medhjælpere. Hos Fagin tvinges Oliver med i en tyvebande, som hærger Londons gader. Oliver Twist har været en populær fortælling at filmatisere, og der er lavet op imod 20 forskellige indspilninger om Oliver gennem filmhistorien. Mesterinstruktøren David Leans version, med den originale Alec Guiness i rollen som den ubehagelige Fagin, står stadig den dag i dag som den bedste.

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, he has to set him a trap.

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

I Monaco-grandprixet er den amerikanske formel 1-kører Pete Aron skyld i et uheld, der sender briten Scott Stoddard på hospitalet. Aron fyres fra sit hold, men får en ny chance hos den japanske industrialist Yamura. Stoddard gør også comeback, alt imens hans forsmåede kone hygger sig med Aron. Den charmerende, franske veteran Sarti og den italienske hanekylling Barlini kæmper ligeledes om VM-titlen.

Viceadvokat Adam Bonner elsker sin kone Amanda, men har ikke meget tilovers for forsvareren i en sentationel mordsag - men hans modstander i retssalen er tilfældigvis Amanda, der også er advokat. Sagen handler om en kvinde, der er anklaget for at have skudt sin utro ægtemand, og det bliver en feministisk mærkesag for Amanda.

Lucie er netop begyndt at arbejde som plejer for Madame Jessel, en ældre dame i koma. ved et tilfælde opdager Lucie at den tidligere danselærerinde skal have en skat gent et sted i sit hus, og sammen med vennerne med vennerne William og Ben tager hun til huset midt om natten for at finde den.