A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies, both those he knows and those lurking in the shadows.
Spændingsdramaet Key Largo er måske ikke John Hustons bedste film, men tæt på. Edward G. Robinson er tilbage i en af sine rendyrkede gangsterkarakter-roller som den usympatiske Johnny Rocco, der holder en gruppe rejsende som gidsler på et hotel på sydspidsen af Florida under en tropisk storm. Humphrey Bogart spiller en krigsveteran, der ikke har tænkt sig at finde sig i noget. Claire Trevor vandt en Oscar som skurkens alkoholiserede veninde.
Lila var en berømt sangerinde i 1990'erne, indtil hun på mystisk vis forsvandt fra den ene dag til den anden. Ti år efter er hun klar til comeback, men kommer ud for en ulykke, som berøver hende evnen til at synge. En superfan, Violeta, der er besat af Lila og dyrker hende på karaoke-baren, får tilbuddet om at hjælpe Lila med at synge igen.
En hjemvendt soldat fra Koreakrigen overtager familiens ulovlige spiritus-virksomhed. Han skal kæmpe mod storbygangstere, der forsøger at overtage forretningen, og politiet, der forsøger at sætte ham i fængsel.
Frank og Jack Baker har i 15 år optrådt på kabaret'er som klaver-duo og mangler efterhånden motivation og inspiration. Det kommer i form af en sangerinde der ændrer deres rutineprægede optræden, og også deres indbyrdes personlige forhold.
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
Frankie og Noll er spritsmuglere og makkere. Under en konfrontation med politiet må de splittes for at undgå at blive fanget. Noll slipper væk, men Frankie bliver snuppet og kastet i fængsel. Mange år senere kommer Frankie ud og opsøger øjeblikkeligt Noll for at få sin del af byttet. Her går det op for ham, at Noll har brugt pengene til at stable en fornem natklub på benene, og har han ikke tænkt sig at dele med sin gamle ven.
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
Den hårdkogte Los Angeles-detektiv Lew Harper er i pengebekneb, så han siger ja til at finde den rige Elaine Sampsons forsvundne ægtemand. Det lyder som en simpel sag, men snart stifter Harper grundigt bekendtskab med underholdningshovedstadens mørkere sider.
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
I starten af 1960'erne får jazz sangeren Monica Zetterlund et bragende, internationalt gennembrud. Den svenske skønhed hyldes for sin frække udstråling og sit kæmpetalent på både musik- og revyscenen. Samtidig døjer Zetterlund med en privat usikkerhed, der udmønter sig i et turbulent kærlighedsliv og et heftigt alkoholindtag, der gør det svært for hende at være en god mor for sin lille datter.
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.
The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably seductive, tuxedo-clad act. Both bruised by their past lives, the two edge cautiously into a no-strings relationship while being pursued by others. But Tom must leave on a perilous mission: is it too late for them?
A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.
A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires transvestite singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive men's club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The film takes a bizarre twist when Kyohei's son falls victim to the femme fatale's unique charm.
The "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led by Mickey Monroe ('Dennis O'Keefe (I)' ), are stranded in Tahiti at the time of the fall of France to the Nazis. Suzette "Suzie" Durand (Simone Simon). a French-American girl singing in a nightclub is consumed with a desire to go to the United States. Things go from bad to worse for the band,. and they are faced with the necessity of either taking a girl singer into the group,which they all regard as bad luck, or starving. The band insists that she be dropped as soon as they can earn enough to catch a bot home. But Mickey falls in love with Suzie, and smuggles her on board the ship.