Kaptajn Everton og hans besætning på den lille slæbebåd Sea Star overraskes af en orkan midt i Stillehavet. De søger mod orkanens øje for at reparere skaderne, og møder et russisk rumforskningsskib. Det er tilsyneladende fuldstændig forladt, og Everton øjner muligheden for en gigantisk findeløn. Men der er nogen - eller rettere: noget - ombord på det russiske fartøj: en besøgende fra rummet. En elektrisk livsform, der har besat skibets computere og el-system.
A man finds out that his wife has paid $10,000 to have him killed. Then both the would-be killer and the wife turn up dead ...
I en for Hitchcock atypisk dokumentarstil fortæller mesterinstruktøren om en mand, der anklages for en forbrydelse, han ikke har begået. Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda) er musiker og bor i New York. Da han opsøger sit livsforsikringsselskab for at låne penge til medicin til sin kone (Vera Miles), bliver han arresteret, fordi tre af de ansatte mener at kunne genkende ham som den person, der nogle dage forinden begik et røverisk overfald på stedet.
Paul er rejseagent i Alaska og sælger ferier til sydens sol og varme. Det er der mange penge i. Problemet er imidlertid, at Paul bruger flere, end han tjener. Derfor sidder han uhjælpeligt fast i gæld og sne til halsen. Chancen byder sig, da Pauls bror forsvinder sporløst. Livsforsikringen lyder nemlig på $1 million. Desværre nægter en nævenyttig forsikringsdetektiv at slippe slanterne – bare fordi brormand kun har været borte i 5 år. Man da Paul finder et lig i en affaldscontainer, og da der åbenbart ikke er nogen, der mangler liget, siden det er endt i skraldespanden, kan det jo lige så godt gøre gavn som Pauls afdøde bror. Dermed er alle Pauls problemer næsten løst...
A case involving adultery, money and murder threatens a private eye's sobriety.
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
When a drag-racing, hard-luck parolee moves in with his brother in hopes of that ever-elusive fresh start in life, he's sure to be warm for the form of his brother's bored young wife. Things only get worse when he tries to turn a quick buck in a one-time insurance fraud operation.
In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.
Madhavan Mahadevan, who comes into the city from a village to see off his sister-in-law and her daughter after the death of his elder brother, an upright Customs Officer (KB Ganesh Kumar). While running around to claim the insurance money, he comes to know that his brother was actually murdered by the underworld don Irumbanakkal John (Joy Mathew).
Immediately after Lisa declares that she is leaving her immature, abusive, but easy-going husband Robert, he is reported dead in a plane crash. Secretly still alive, he convinces her to collect his life insurance, although she knows that it's a bad idea. Lisa must contend with the complications of the scheme, which involve an aggressive suitor, Robert's jealousy, and her own guilt.
U.S. marshal sets out to end an insurance scam: salesmen provide cow town folk with insurance against outlaw activity, outlaws who work for the insurance salesmen.
Benny and his wife Ruthie are getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to look after his department store while he's gone. Though he doesn't think much of him, Benny hands the responsibility over to his son, Russell. While Russell doesn't get much respect from his parents, he's better off than his brother, Ezra, whom Benny has gone so far as to disown. Ezra is currently battling with his work (coach of a high school basketball team that hasn't won in ages) and his wife (who keeps nagging him that she wants to have a baby as soon as possible) at the same time.
A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister fires his secretary, Miss Tracy, just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check "girl" known as Mother Hodges; Avery Jamieson, a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don't let Terry make any test flights.
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.
A former robber (whose partner was his father) has reformed and is now running an insurance business with his girlfriend. An ex-partner frames him for a burglary. When his father gets out of prison, they go after the ex-partner.
The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC series Horizon and directed by Brian Gibson about the story of the two billion dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America. The movie stars James Woods in the role of the actuary.
Determined to save her wheelchair ramp from repossession, Daisy confronts the shady insurance agent who owes her money.
A rookie paramedic spends 18 hours in an ambulance with a road crash victim who struggles to be admitted to any hospital.