Thriller, Crime, Drama
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The King of Comedy
Insomnia
Inside Man
12 Angry Men
Special Killers
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Music Box
Entrapment
Marlowe
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Inherit the Wind
Reclaim Your Brain
Angel Face
Hooknasty
All the King's Men
The Gazebo
The Devil's Advocate
The Big Sleep
Love in Thoughts
A Perfect Murder
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The King of Comedy
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 1982
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.Insomnia
IMDB 6.9 | May , 2002
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.Inside Man
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2006
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.12 Angry Men
IMDB 8.6 | Apr , 1957
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.Special Killers
IMDB 4 | Aug , 1973
Sandro, a detective, finds his wife strangled. His girl-friend Tiffany, who works as photographer, makes a "Blow up" from a photo, what Sandro finds beside the victim. Sandro and Tiffany are looking for the woman on the photo, Laura. They finds her in a Night Club in Rome...In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
IMDB 4.8 | Nov , 2007
A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son – two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.Music Box
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 1989
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.Entrapment
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 1999
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.Marlowe
IMDB 6 | Sep , 1969
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1967
In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.Inherit the Wind
IMDB 7.7 | Jul , 1960
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.Reclaim Your Brain
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2007
Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.Angel Face
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 1953
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.Hooknasty
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2011
Christine Levitt goes to extreme lengths to become famous, to the dismay of her friend Billie Cooper.All the King's Men
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2006
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long.The Gazebo
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 1960
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.The Devil's Advocate
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1997
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.The Big Sleep
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 1978
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.Love in Thoughts
IMDB 6.3 | Feb , 2004
A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.A Perfect Murder
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 1998
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.