Boston professor and amateur detective, Michael Spraggue, together with his eccentric aunt investigates a suspicious physician in connection with the death of his acquaintance which endangers their lives.
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Boston professor and amateur detective, Michael Spraggue, together with his eccentric aunt investigates a suspicious physician in connection with the death of his acquaintance which endangers their lives.
Ambitious, insensitive mother blocks daughter's marriage by telling her fiance a lie about her.
April 18 is a 1984 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Balachandramenon and produced by Augustine Prakash. The film stars Balachandramenon, Shobhana, Adoor Bhasi and Bharath Gopi in lead roles.
Bus loads of teenagers arrive to the ski resort. Each one is eager to get out on the slopes to ski and score. One problem; the owner has all the prices jacked up, secretly ripping people for the last two years he has been in charge. The police don't do anything because the Sheriff is in on the cover-up. The teens feel their only chance to even the score is at a skiing tournament where the winner is picked to in a raffle to win a bunch of prizes.
A young couple's blossoming love against an adult romance gone sour.
This 60-minute documentary uses the reported miracle at Fatima in 1917 as a springboard for an examination of the relationship between religion and science in the 20th century. Participants include: Pope John Paul II, James H. Billington, philosopher Paul Kurtz, and writers Malcolm Muggaridge and Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. It is hosted by Ricardo Montalban.
A cartoon about funny rustling creatures living among the fallen autumn leaves.
During World War II, the "dark years" in the Philippine history, Tacing is a woman involved in different love affairs which resulted in endless trials and tribulations.
The adventures of a mischievous boy in his neighborhood during the summer break.
Ambily gets pregnant from movie director Raghunath, who drives her out claiming that she was an enchantress. Ambili gives birth to a son and when he grows up she takes him to Raghunath.
Two best teenage friends spend the summer holidays together in a village. Then a good looking teenage boy appears.
Misi Mókus was born in the spacious, comfortable den of a huge tree in the forest with his four little brothers and sisters. He was the liveliest and the biggest of the four. He could be distinguished from his siblings not only by his features, but also by a peculiar characteristic: his tail was black. Although there are species of squirrel that have black fur, Misi's family belonged to the red squirrel family. Father Squirrel was angry enough to say - Red squirrels have red tails. If it's black, it's caused by some bad spell.The parents asked Uncle Squirrel Squirrel for advice on what to do about Misi's boys' black tails. The wise old Squirrel Squirrel predicted good luck for his boys.
Lovely young Alicia starts receiving bizarre and disturbing phone calls after breaking up with her boyfriend Mike who she suspects is cheating on her with her twin sister Barbara Ann. Alicia meets and befriends amiable, but awkward film nerd Franklin, who alas turns out to be a total psycho with a penchant for carving up nubile ladies. But is Franklin the nutter responsible for those distressing phone calls?
A young PhD student is trying to get 34 dogs for his research.
A satirical film for adults about communication problems.
Based on the fairy tale by Rudyard Kipling.
This exaggerated mockery of crime cinema tells the story of a gang lead by "Renato, o pacíficio" (Renato, the peaceful) and their attempt to steal precious jewels from the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The weapon of choice? Bees!
The peace of a small fishing village is shattered by the coming of a young, and stunningly beautiful, wife of a local guest-worker. She intends to live in her father's house, which in the mean-time became a pub. From that moment her revenge begins, toying with to people, their passions and interests.
There has been a series of gruesome murders in Taipei. The only lead is snake bite marks on the victims. During the investigation, Detective Ko meets reporter Lee Ok Jeong and falls in love. However, Detective Ko soon notices that she is keeping another secret, but he proceeds with the case anyway.
In memory of the feat of fathers and grandfathers - winners of the Great Patriotic War.
The story as told by his mother of an eighteen year old boy who falls into a life of drugs and violence and of the consequences to himself and those around him.
The story of a little dreamer for whom the world around him is a fairy tale, where every object and every thing has a soul. However, only those who are naturally magical and creative can see and understand this. The boy's father, who has returned from the war, explains to his son that it is his imagination that has filled the yard with "secret inhabitants." The film explores the creative role of human labor. If something is created with dedication, it carries the soul of its creator.
Naagu is action oriented movie in which, Naagu (Chiranjeevi), a small time criminal by profession. He has rajani (radha) as his love interest.One day, rajani falls from the top floor of a hotel and dies. Her death is suspected as murder and doubt falls on naagu. Naagu’s mother later reveals that naagu’s father was also killed by a person called Jagapati Rao and Rajani’s murder was also committed by him.Now, its naagu’s turn to prove his innocence by gaining evidence against jagapatirao and bring him to justice. How Naagu succeeds in his mission form the climax of this movie.
A classic story about the tragic, yet indestructible love of young Heloise for the heretical monk and medieval philosopher Abelard, who fought with his whole life and work against false church dogmas. - A dramatic metaphor about the necessity of man to fight against tyranny, suppressing the most valuable and humane thing - the love of freedom.
A pilgrim attempts to gain entry to a castle by any means possible, to get to a beautiful maiden, but the lord of the castle will go to in order to stop him.
A railway engineer tells the story of when he seduced a married woman whom he'd known since she was a schoolgirl, and how after convincing her he loved her he cruelly abandoned her.
A man, Thongphun Khokpho, is released from jail after five years spent for manslaughter. As he tries to make an honest living, he discovers that there's no room in Thai society for ex-cons. He soon gets himself into trouble again.
Bob Hope's 1984 NBC Christmas Special.
Two ordinary boys, brothers Paul and Peter, rescue two little dogs from the evil Kaspar Schlich.
A film about the famous priest, politician Konstantinas Olšauskas and his love affair with Stanislava Ustjanauskiene, whose murder in the fall of 1928 still remains a mystery...
The foreman Chernykh and drilling foreman Marich carry out the most rational transportation of equipment in the extreme conditions of the North, introducing new progressive drilling technology.
The manager of a company gets in trouble when he cannot pay his workers. The billions were spent on a football stadium which is empty now, and the bank did not approve new credits for the meaningless investments. Maybe the stadium will get filled during the concert of popular singer Lepa Brena.
Venu, a bus conductor, loses his job after his manager comes to know that he loves the owner's daughter, Prema. However, he is blackmailed by Gopala Rao into conning Prema for revenge.
In this NBC Christmas Special from 1984, Mr. T plays a street Santa Claus who meets a young boy, played by Emmanuel Lewis of TV's Webster, who doesn't share the spirit of Christmas. Mr. T sets out to change Billy's mind, taking him around the city to FAO Schwartz, where he gets a magic lesson from David Copperfield, and then to Radio City Music Hall, where he listens to Christmas songs sung by Maureen McGovern, imagines himself as one of the toy soldiers in the Rockettes' Christmas Show, meets Willie Tyler and his dummy Lester, and finally is moved to realize the true meaning of Christmas, before being reunited with his parents.
The film starts in the early 1950s showing Sreedharan, the protagonist, as a very popular communist leader and trade union activist. He is forced to go underground after his name was associated with the murder of the owner of a tile factory. He is considered to be dead by his party and they even erect a memorial for him. But he makes an unexpected comeback almost 10 years later, after the first communist ministry gained and lost power in Kerala and after the Communist Party of India has split. On his return, he spends his time sleeping and drinking. His come back is first a puzzle and then an embarrassment to his comrades and family. As the disappointment on his new face grows, he is found murdered. The film ends when both the communist parties jointly celebrate his martyrdom.
A desperate gambler in debt with a gangster robs a Chinese tattoo artist, getting stabbed and killing the man in the process. A black spot appears on his chest and begins to spread and turn into a condemning tattoo
A side-splitting, rip-roaring madcap of a musical, giving you an insider's view of the early movie-making days. Laugh along with Mack Sennett as he creates the most memorable comedic scenes of the century. This is a musical comedy feast about the youth, the enthusiasm, the work, the zany fun, and above all, the innocence of those great times when America first started going to the movies.
The ska band is elected as the new British government and they move the cabinet to Camden.
Mid '80s slasher with teens being picked off one by one by a masked killer.
The plot centers on a man who must prove his friend's innocence after the friend is accused of murder.
Berlin 1808. A young, immature student who considers himself a poet, August Varnhagen, enters the famous salon of Rahel Levin, one of the first assimilated Jewish women of the Romantic period. He has heard of this woman who was praised by all for her wit and wisdom and he comes because he seeks connection and relations and in this salon the most famous men of the time crowded.
A 16 year old girl turns to prostitution to support her baby and encounters a treacherous underworld of pimps, hookers and johns while doing her best to maintain her hopes and dignity.
Sade, recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland during 1984. Track list: Why can't we live together?; Your love is king; Hand on to your love; Sally; When I go to make a living; I will be your friend; Cherry pie; Frankie's first affair; Smooth operator; Snakebite; Love affair with life.
A detective with the highest clearance rate in the country, gets involved in a case with a young woman arrested for having killed her child. The detective falls under the spell of the young woman.
The head of the border detachment Gamayun arrives in Turkestan to destroy the last large formation of the Basmachi - the gang of Mumin Bek.
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).
Bernie and Chic are two loveable goofballs just looking for easy work, sexy ladies, and a good slice of pizza. But a beating from a gang of thugs convinces the buddies to train in the martial arts in the hopes of meeting girls… and maybe learning a little self-defense.
Pursued by the police, a man take refuge using menace in the appartment of a woman. Strangely, she didn't denounce him when she got the opportunity. Puzzled, he try to understand her secrets.
In search of her own identity, a young champion in fencing is torn between two men, which leads her to personal conflict.