Chain of Events
When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
Dermot Walsh
Quinn
Susan Shaw
Jill
Lisa Gastoni
Simone
Jack Watling
Freddie
Freddie Mills
Tiny
Joan Hickson
Barmaid
Alan Gifford
Lord Fenchurch
Harold Lang
Jimmy Boy
Kenneth Griffith
Clarke
When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
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The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future.
A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.