简介：Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to starts working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too less runs in a day You're out. Red is the most experienced trucker, he can do 18 runs in a day. Tom soon makes friends with Lucy, the secretary, and Gino, a driver. But the record of Red intrigues him and he wants to break it. Gino advises against it, but he helps Tom when he wants to go through with it. Soon trouble begins when Red and the other drivers form an united front against Tom. Just when Tom has enough and decides to pack his bags, Lucy tells him Gino had a terrible accident. She also tells about the corruption of Hawlett Trucking.
简介：Novelist Joseph Shearing specialized in using real cases which took place in Victorian England, altering them for fictional purposes. MOSS ROSE in 1947 was the first film to be made from his novels, then in 1948 two of his works were adapted for the screen, this film and THE MARK OF CAIN. The movie stars Todd as a recently widowed missionary returning to her home in England from Jamaica. During the voyage, she meets Milland, a charming though dangerous rascal who is wanted by police in connection with some unsavory dealings. Milland contracts malaria while onboard the ship and Todd nurses him back to health. In London, Todd settles into her home, taking in boarders to make ends meet. Milland arrives, moves in, and proclaims his love for her. Todd is thrilled, but it seems rather obvious that Milland is only toying with her. Milland finds some letters written to her by her friend, Fitzgerald, in which Fitzgerald reveals some of her sexual indiscretions. Since Fitzgerald is now married to the wealthy Huntley, Milland believes he can use the letters to blackmail Fitzgerald. Todd's love for Milland is so great that she goes along with the plan. Huntley, however, learns of the scheme and also uncovers details of Milland's shady past. Fearing for her lover's safety, Todd poisons Huntley, then remains silent when Fitzgerald is arrested for the murder. Milland has by now genuinely fallen in love with Todd and the two make plans to leave England. Before they can depart, one of Milland's former lovers shows up and Todd, in a jealous rage, kills Milland, then turns herself into the police.This is an intriguing film, although a little on the talky side. The performances are excellent throughout, with Milland shining as the cad, the type of role in which he excelled. Though he spent most of his time making films in the US, he occasionally returned to his native England for a production and this was his first British film since FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS in 1939. Director Allen was also an Englishman who chose to work in the US, this being his first directorial effort in his homeland. This was the fourth and last time Milland and Allen would work together, their pairing having begun in 1944 with the wonderfully eerie THE UNINVITED.
简介：San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter, Toya San who Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later, when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns Toya will be happier with Harry he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them.
简介：A man foils an attempted murder, then flees the crew of would-be killers along with their intended target as a woman he's just met tries to find him.
简介：想看一部阴郁的黑色电影（注）吗？《暗夜摇篮曲》正准备以它的这类特征来娱乐观众：果敢坚毅的角色、匪夷所思的剧情转折，以及丰富的视觉效果， 从而荣获今年圣丹斯电影节最佳摄影奖。这部影片是根据伊丽莎白·沙娜希的小说《The Blank Wall》改编而成，是戴维·西格和史考特·麦基合作的第二部 影片，前一部影片《缝合》与本片相似的主题是关于社会安全遭到破坏。（注：犯罪电影的一种，以晦暗的摄影手法与背景不祥的音乐作为烘托，着重描写愤世嫉俗的反派角色）故事围绕一位平凡的母亲玛格丽特·霍尔（蒂尔达·史温顿饰）展开，当她发现自己17岁的同性恋儿子与邋遢的酒吧老板交往时，她平静的郊区生活因此而被搅乱了。而在她发现所说的情人死在她家附近后，故事情节就更加激化了。想到她儿子肯定卷入这起谋杀案，玛格丽特立即进入保护子女的角色，不计后果地处理了尸体。恶梦到此并未结束，这个男人的狐朋狗友们拿来业余爱好者拍的她儿子和他情人的色情录影带来勒索玛格丽特。玛格莉特和勒索者亚历克（高伦·维斯吉克饰）最后发展成一种奇特的关系，这是电影高潮的组成部分。本片从未沦为情节剧，故事以讽刺性的曲解、史温顿出色的演技，令人回忆的摄影得到维系。影片也因为尊重观众的智慧，绝无投机取巧，敷衍了事而赢得了赞赏。《暗夜摇篮曲》的广泛发行标志着一个独立制片的偶像蒂尔达·史温顿的一个新的开始。以前你可能没听说过她， 但她凭着魅力四射的演出和吸引人的角色，拥有了一群人数不多但狂热的拥护者。史温顿钟爱特写镜头，她曾说：“象征性电影是艺术”，这在她的新上映的影片中一览无遗，影评们说那可能会为她赢得奥斯卡奖。史温顿来自伦敦的一个苏格兰上层阶级家庭，在踏入戏剧界之前在剑桥受过教育。她涉足电影界始于与英格兰艺术电影导演德里克·贾曼的长期合作。后来，史温顿受欢迎的电影有：《黑色芳心》、《Love is the Devil》，和迄今为止最出名的作品《美丽佳人欧兰朵》。她在剧中扮演一个男人，活了四百多年后最终变成了女人。史温顿也因为这部影片而成为了可以保证票房收入的女演员，但她仍继续接演一些非传统而具挑战性的角色。她在《暗夜摇篮曲》里的角色，显然是个普通的郊区母亲，而不是一个被激动人心的事件从自满中摇醒的人。史温顿喜欢她的角色被迫去思考与质疑，她说，在女性的角色中，这是十分少有的。蒂尔达·史温顿的演出或许会使她成为家喻户晓的人物，但尽管她的名声唾手可得，蒂尔达·史 温顿仍然脚踏实地，继续保持她创造性的人格。
简介：Fritzi Haller is a powerful casino owner in Chuckawalla, Nevada. Her daughter Paula (having quit school) returns at the same time as racketeer Eddie Bendix, who left under suspicion of murdering his wife. Paula and Eddie become involved; each for their own reasons, Fritzi, Paula's old beau Tom, and Eddie's pal Johnny try to break up the relationship. Then Eddie's past catches up with him in an unexpected way. Written by Rod Crawford {puffinus@u.washington.edu}