Med en kønt ansigt og pæn udbetaling er det ikke svært for frk. Wonderly af få detektiverne Spade & Archer til at beskytte sig. Men Archer bliver dræbt samme aften, og nu er det op til hårdkogte Sam Spade at redde trådene ud. Inden længe er Spade draget ind i et dødsensfarligt spil, hvor en gruppe forbrydere vil gøre alt for at få fat i en figur af en ridderfalk.
An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.
Elegant og frisk caper-komedie med et veloplagt par i Caine og MacLaine som skal snuppe velhavende Herbert Loms kostbare buste fra et gyldent bur. Shirley er rigtig sexet i rollen som Hong Kong-skønheden der hyres til at hjælpe con-man Michael. Herligt velspillet og smidigt disponeret film leverer varen fra første til sidste scene og er en sand fornøjelse for genreelskere.
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
Young art gallerist Katarina's dad suddenly goes missing. It turns out that her dad, a prominent art dealer, is kidnapped in Egypt by his former smuggle partner, who has been released due to the Arab spring. To save her father, Katarina has to find the hidden statue that the kidnapper demands as ransom.
Prof. Erling and his financial backer Victor build a prototype time machine to snatch objects from the past. Latest find, a statuette, radiometrically dates to 5200 AD! When this draws colleague Richard Hedges to the island lab, Erling reveals that 20th-century objects put in the machine seem to be "traded" for analogous future objects by intelligent life. And on the sly, Victor's been trying to get a living visitor. Does the future need help, or is the present in danger?
A self-made owner of a soft-drink factory decides to give the entire plant to his naive nephew as a present. Now, as two women vie for his attention, he is entangled in the theft of an ancient statuette. Who is friend, and who is foe?
With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless black market art dealer. After the amateurs botch the delivery of the objet d'art, the dealer kills Felix and forces the remaining four to "find" $1 million within a week's time or face certain death.
A private eye and his girlfriend avenge his buddy, stabbed over a jade dragon.