Comedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught up in New York high society.

Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people." Pike and his grown son and daughter soon have flirtatious French admirers; Idy rents a chateau from an impoverished aristocrat; while Pike responds to each new development with homespun wit. In the inevitable clash, will pretentiousness and sophistication or common sense triumph?

Close up we see pistons move up and down or side to side. Pendulums sway, the small parts of machinery move. Gears drive larger wheels. Gears within gears spin. Shafts turn some mechanism that is out of sight. Screws revolve and move other gears; a bit rotates. More subtle mechanisms move other mechanical parts for unknown purposes. Weights rise and fall. The movements, underscored by sound, are rhythmic. Circles, squares, rods, and teeth are in constant and sometimes asymmetrical motion. These human-made mechanical bits seem benign and reassuring.

Marco Perkins is a garage mechanic and a would-be-prizefighter who gets a place on the ritzy country club's polo team because he is the town's most proficient mallet-wielder, having learned to play polo while serving in the U.S. army. His hobnobbing with the town-elite and social upper-crust at the polo-matches gives him an inflated idea of his social position, and he decides he is is moving on up. He breaks off with his girl-friend, true-blue Cynthia Brown, and hits on débutante Gloria Staunton, who appears to have an interest in being hit upon. Gloria's interest lies mostly in showing Marco that hired-hands who can play polo still aren't to the manor born.

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.

Mechaniker Terry Martin (James Stewart) testet Autos für Emery Motors in Detroit, arbeitet aber in seiner freien Zeit an der Erprobung eines neuen revolutionären Vergasermodells. Sein größter Rivale ist aus seiner Sicht der Ingenieur Frank Lawson (Weldon Heyburn), dessen Titel allein die Leute annehmen lässt, er hätte mehr Ahnung als Terry von der Materie.

Als das Unternehmen mit Jane Mitchell (Wendy Barrie) eine neue PR-Frau für die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit einstellt, entbrennt auch gleich eine Reihe von Eifersüchteleien. Sie mag Terry trotz seines offensichtlichen Minderwertigkeitskomplexes und ermöglicht seinen Forschungen einige Tests inclusive eines Einsatzes beim Indianapolis-500-Rennen, allerdings mit Lawson im Team. Doch der Einsatz kommt zu früh und Terry um ein Haar ums Leben...

Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.

An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.

Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry. But Janie just can't seem to make up her mind between them. While fantasizing about her futures with each of the men, Janie spends her time desperately trying to juggle between them until she can make a decision.

Der junge Gelegenheitsarbeiter Gino kehrt in einer abgelegenen Trattoria in der Po-Ebene ein. Sie wird von dem grobschlächtigen Bragana und seiner jungen Frau Giovanna bewirtschaftet. Schon bei ihrer ersten Begegnung ist ein erotisches Knistern zwischen Giovanna und Gino zu spüren. Giovanna überredet ihren Mann, Gino als Mechaniker einzustellen. Und kaum ist der Wirt außer Haus, wird Gino zum Geliebten Giovannas. Besessen von ihrer Leidenschaft sehen die Liebenden nur einen Weg zu ihrem gemeinsamen Glück: Bragana muß sterben ...

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.

Christer is a teenager who prefers to spend his time on motorcycles instead of his studies which doesn't impress his father. There is also a youth motorcycle gang terrorising the local girls but Christer doesn't dare to stand up to them, leading to his humiliation. One day he comes into contact with a professional speedway racer who takes him under his wing.

After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, offers Mane a ride on his motorcycle. Back in Mane's house, she invites him some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. They get drunk and, the morning after, Mane's parents arrive and find them sleeping together. Not knowing what happened, Mane and Cruci are forced to get married against their will.

Aldo arbeitet als Mechaniker in einer Zuckerraffinerie. Seit sieben Jahren lebt er mit der attraktiven Irma zusammen, sie haben eine gemeinsame Tochter. Mit der Nachricht vom Tod ihres Ehemannes, der nach Australien ausgewandert war, scheint endlich der Weg frei für die Heirat. Doch Irma hat sich in einen anderen Mann verliebt und kehrt Aldo den Rücken. Für den rechtschaffenen Arbeiter, der sich Tag für Tag auf das Heimkommen freute, bricht eine Welt zusammen. Er versucht sich zu trösten. Schließlich kehrt er zu Irma zurück, in deren Leben es für ihn aber keinen Platz mehr gibt. Aldo zieht die für ihn einzig mögliche Konsequenz.

A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers.

After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on parole and looking to rebuild his life in a small seaside community. He settles into a trailer park and finds both a job and a girlfriend. But things get difficult for Harry when his estranged son, Jimmy, shows up. He witnessed his mother's murder as a child and, after years spent in foster homes, has come looking for revenge.

José, a young mechanic, arrives in Madrid to make it big. After being conned he loses his savings, and is taken in by Elisa, a photographer. She introduces him to Pablo and Laura. Laura makes him an offer he cant refuse and then his troubles really begin.

Larry hat einen großen Traum: Der Rennfahrer will endlich auf dem Siegerpodest stehen. Dazu fehlt ihm allerdings ein schnelles Auto. Zusammen mit seinem Mechaniker Deke plant er einen Diebeszug, um an das nötige Kleingeld zu kommen. Endlich steht der passende Wagen vor der Tür. Doch die Cops sind den beiden bereits auf den Fersen. Gemeinsam mit der frechen Mary startet das Duo eine rasante Flucht.

This TV play, written and directed David Cronenberg, explores one of his enduring themes: obsessive relationships with technology. A group of bike fanatics determine to get their hands on a Ducati 900 Desmo SuperSport owned by a rich guy, by any means necessary.

Der einfache, italienische Automechaniker Guido Falcone erbt von seinem Onkel ein Vermögen. Die einzige Bedingung: Innerhalb von 20 Tagen muss er von Rom nach San Francisco reisen und den Vertrag unterschreiben. Doch auf dieser abenteuerlichen Reise begegnen ihm sehr lästige Mitstreiter, die es auf das Geld und das Firmenimperium des Onkels abgesehen haben...