
A former housemaid (Garson) now works as a confidence trickster, but her plans for a big job in California go awry. Read More »
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The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) Archie Mayo

Frank Patton is the promoter of the Lucky Legs Contest. The problem is that he always skips town before paying the $1000 to the winner. Read More »
American Dreams: Lost and Found (1984) James Benning

American Dreams is chock full of concrete, discrete elements that comprise an American iconography of the past three decades. Read More »
UFOria (1985) John Binder

Sheldon Bart is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud Read More »
Hatter’s Castle (1942) Lance Comfort

James Brodie (Robert Newton) is the only hatter in a small area in Scotland. Read More »
The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) Henry Levin

Edmond Dantes is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned. Read More »
Eve and the Fire Horse (2005) Julia Kwan

Chinese-Canadian Eve Eng was born in 1966, in the year of the fire horse. Read More »
Desperate Cargo (1941) William Beaudine

Several persons are waiting at a Caribbean port for the Caribbean Cruiser, a seaplane that has been delayed by the weather. Read More »
How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) Nigel Patrick

The impoverished Clitterburn family live on a grand English estate but times are hard and the head of the household, Sir Henry Read More »
Make Me an Offer (1955) Cyril Frankel

A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems Read More »