Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the gangster Garboni, just as Saxon was to sit in the electric chair.
Casts Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox, O. P. Heggie, Henry Hull, Margaret Wycherly, Lynne Overman, Cora Witherspoon, Richard Whorf, Granville Bates, Katherine Wilson
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Smart Money
Oliver!
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Night and the City
I Think I'm Going to Like it Here
The Beast of the City
Yield to the Night
The Big Country
The Big Heat
Zorba the Greek
In the Heat of the Night
Thunder Below
Scarlet Street
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Advise & Consent
One Way Passage
Patton
The White Rose
Miracle on 34th Street
The Sound of Music
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Smart Money
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1931
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.Oliver!
IMDB 7 | Sep , 1968
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.The Hunchback of Notre Dame
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 1923
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.Night and the City
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1950
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.I Think I'm Going to Like it Here
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1980
Chris Columbus's NYU student film follows a naïve freshman from the Midwest as he becomes acclimated to his first year at NYU. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.The Beast of the City
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 1932
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his police detective brother Ed to watch over Daisy who is associated with Belmonte but things don't go as planned.Yield to the Night
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1956
Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.The Big Country
IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 1958
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.The Big Heat
IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 1953
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.Zorba the Greek
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1964
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.In the Heat of the Night
IMDB 7.7 | Aug , 1967
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.Thunder Below
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1932
Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan falls in love with Walt's good friend Ken but keeps her husband in the dark about her feelings... until he's plunged into darkness for real when he loses his eyesight. Susan finds her attentions then wandering yet another man, Davis, and Ken urges her to return to Walt.Scarlet Street
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1945
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.Where the Sidewalk Ends
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1950
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.Advise & Consent
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1962
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.One Way Passage
IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 1932
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.Patton
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 1970
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.The White Rose
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 1982
During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell which they name the "White Rose" after a newsletter that is secretly distributed to the student body. At first small in numbers and fearful of discovery, the White Rose begins to gain massive support after a Nazi Gauleiter nearly incites a student riot after a provokative speech. At this point, the matter is taken over by the German Gestapo, who pledge to hunt down and destroy the members of the White Rose.Miracle on 34th Street
IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 1947
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.The Sound of Music
IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 1965
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.