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poster Stakeout
Stakeout
90mn - Crime, Drama
A young private investigator on the gritty streets of Los Angeles faces an impossible choice when he falls for the woman he's supposed to be surveilling for insurance fraud. With his sick mother's medical…
poster Dead for a Dollar
Dead for a Dollar
106mn - Comedy, Western
After a bank heist goes sideways and the lead robber ends up dead, three bandits engage in a treacherous game of cat and mouse to claim $200,000 in stolen loot. When ambitious young gunslinger Glenn disco…
poster Greed
Greed
(4/5)
100mn - Drama, Crime
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
poster Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate
(3/5)
65mn - Thriller, Mystery
A writer bets a publisher friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The publisher takes the bet, and gives him the "only key" to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter, so …
poster The Golden Louis
The Golden Louis
6mn - Drama
An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a 'sure thing' borrows the coin and wins a fortune, but he can't find her again to repay her.
poster The Saphead
The Saphead
77mn - Drama, Comedy
Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich and his son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making …
poster Good Glue Sticks
Good Glue Sticks
5mn - Comedy
A peddler of "the best glue" sets up his outdoor stall. A crowd gathers for a demonstration. As he gives his pitch, two observant cops decide drive off his customers and close him down, much to his fury. …
poster Wrong Again
Wrong Again
(3.5/5)
20mn - Comedy
Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it be…
poster The Oil Raider
The Oil Raider
(2.7/5)
59mn - Romance, Action, Adventure
A determined wildcatter races against time to strike oil and repay a $50,000 loan, unaware that his own financier has hired saboteurs to destroy his rig and steal his claim. When romance blooms with the b…
poster The Bargain
The Bargain
(3.3/5)
80mn - Western, Action, Adventure
After the bandit known as the Two-Gun Man Jim Stokes robs the stage, he is wounded in his flight from the scene. Recuperating at a ranch, he falls in love with a local settler's daughter. Now wishing to g…
poster Betrayed by a Handprint
Betrayed by a Handprint
8mn - Crime
Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number …
poster The Pay-Off
The Pay-Off
(2.8/5)
70mn - Drama, Crime
A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the coupl…
poster Money Mad
Money Mad
9mn - Crime, Drama
The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his ill-gotten money in a secret cellar. While the miser is at the bank, exchanging stolen notes for gold coin, a couple…
poster Patterns
Patterns
(3.9/5)
83mn - Drama
Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Briggs, the long-time vice president, but it soon become…
poster The Miser's Heart
The Miser's Heart
16mn - Drama
Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a little girl who lives in his building.
poster Tit-for-Tat
Tit-for-Tat
(3.1/5)
5mn - Fantasy
An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.
poster Sentence of God
Sentence of God
(2.7/5)
88mn - Western
Two ruthless gunmen with opposing motivations—a cold-blooded bounty hunter pursuing the reward and a vengeful outlaw seeking justice for his father's murder—reluctantly join forces to track down the notor…
poster Hatton Garden: The Heist
Hatton Garden: The Heist
87mn - Drama, Crime
Five aging criminals emerge from retirement to pull off the heist of the century, targeting London's legendary Hatton Garden safe deposit vault over a long weekend. When security systems fail and police r…
poster Seven Chances
Seven Chances
(3.9/5)
56mn - Comedy, Romance
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
poster The Gilded Cage
The Gilded Cage
11mn - Drama
The Gilded Cage is a simple tale about two sisters: the pampered favorite and the put-upon, younger stepdaughter, played by Stonehouse. When the elder spurns her lover to marry wealth, she learns the erro…
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