Pasak legendos, Amazonės gilumoje auga ypatingas medis, turintis stebuklingų gydomųjų galių. Šią istoriją kažkada išgirdusią mokslininkę Lilę Hoton tiesiog apsėdo idėja surasti stebuklingą medį ir nuo tada mergina nepaliaujamai ieško bet kokios užuominos, galinčios nukreipti ją teisingu keliu. Degdama noru kuo greičiau įgyvendinti savo svajonę, kartu su savo broliu Lilė patraukia į Pietų Ameriką.
Ir čia ji susipažįsta su vietiniu kapitonu Frenku Vulfu. Vyrukas uždarbiauja plukdydamas nuotykių ištroškusius vakariečius Amazonės upe. Jis nesidrovėdamas reklamuoja savo paslaugas kaip pigiausias rinkoje ir laukinio pasaulio nemačiusius turistus šiurpina pakeliui sumaniai įrengtais siurprizais: kraugeriu begemotu (iškamša, valdoma gudriai paslėptomis virvėmis), vietinių indėnų išpuoliais (jo paties draugeliai, nusamdyti už skatikus) ir panašiais atrakcionais.
Dramatiškas filmas apie Vietnamo karą ir jame dalyvaujančių žmonių vizijas. Leitenantas Vilardas gauna įsakymą rasti pabėgėlių stovyklą, kuriai vadovauja paslaptingasis pulkininkas Kercas. Jauno karininko užduotis paprasta - sunaikinti maištininką kuo mažiau nusižengiant teisingumui. Tačiau velniškai sunkios kelionės metu jo komanda po truputį retėja ir pats Vilardas pradeda jausti, kad darosi vis labiau panašus į tą žmogų, kurį jam įsakyta nužudyti.
Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis is quickly infatuated by her.
Komanda mokslininkų išvyksta į paslaptingas Amazonės džiungles ieškoti ir tirti čiabuvių genčių. Mėgaudamiesi didžiosios upės peizažais, jie net neįtaria, jog jų vedlys - išprotėjęs medžiotojas, pamišęs dėl minties surasti milžinišką gyvatę.
Niekas netiki jo pasakojimais, kol jų kelionė nevirsta žiauria kova už išlikimą - anakonda nelaukia medžiotojų, ji pati trokšta sumedžioti dar vieną auką.
Filmas sukurtas pagal tikrus įvykius. XIX a. pabaigoje Pietų Amerikoje kilus kaučiuko bumui, keistuolis amerikietis inžinierius Fickaraldas sėkmingai pralobsta iš kaučiuko prekybos. Tačiau turtai jam nerūpi, didžiausia jo aistra – opera. Apsilankęs Manauso operoje, kuri ir šiandien tebestūkso Amazonės džiunglėse, jį užvaldo beprotiška idėja tokius pačius rūmus pastatyti ir Amazonės aukštupyje, Ikitose.
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape.
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
Du apsukrūs vyrukai išvyksta į Teksasą atidaryti lošimo namų. Jie atidaro kazino su rulete ir žaidimų stalais. „Sėkmės džentelmenams“ teks pakovoti su nuožmiu gangsteriu. Daugelis gviešis jų pinigų. O juos pačius medžios aukso–ieškotojos ...
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
Johnny is a riverboat entertainer with a big gambling problem. After a fortune-teller tells Johnny how he can change his luck, the appearance of a new 'lady luck' soon causes a cat fight with Johnny's girlfriend, Frankie.
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.
Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse's murder, but Judalon takes up with another man. Jim eventually has another romantic interlude with Judalon and is forced to kill one of her suitors in self-defense. Jim leaves town, and falls for the daughter of a Texas politician, but his entanglement with Judalon continues to bedevil him.
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.
When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery Boys are induced by a diamond dealer to accompany him to Darkest Africa in search of a legendary cache of them.
After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for Murphy
This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
As narrated by his mother, Joseph Smith's life flashes as it pertains to the restoration and growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Set in upstate New York, pivotal events include the first vision where Joseph saw God, the father and his son Jesus Christ; the visit of the angel Moroni and the bringing forth of the Book of Mormon.