I più grandi ladri del mondo, il famigerato e carismatico Cheung, l'ex socio Xiao e la camaleontica Ye, uniscono le loro forze per mettere a segno il colpo di una vita. Quando però si ritrovano perseguiti in Europa da un leggendario detective francese, dovranno escogitare un modo per uscire dai guai e avere la meglio.
A road trip to Los Angeles inadvertently leads a young man from Wyoming into a wild maze of psychotic hit-men, racy women, jewel thieves and a salsa band.
New York, anni '40. Briggs è un investigatore in costante rotta di collisione con Betty Ann Fitzgerald, amante del capo e assunta al fine di rendere razionale ed efficiente l'attività della compagnia. Entrambi vengono ipnotizzati nel corso di uno spettacolo. Briggs verrà così costretto dall'ipnotista a compiere per suo conto e senza conservarne memoria furti considerevoli nelle abitazioni di clienti della sua compagnia. Ben presto i sospetti convergono su di lui mentre sta a sua volta indagando su Betty Ann.
A con man with his beautiful accomplice and a hostage steals a half million dollars worth of diamonds but finds they're all lost in the desert without water.
Ladro gentiluomo si introduce in un lussuoso albergo per derubare una duchessa, ma una giovane e bella collega lo batte sul tempo.
Un poliziotto fa la corte a una ragazza per infiltrarsi nella banda di cui lei fa parte.
After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to expose the real killers.
When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back.
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
A gang of clever thieves kill a wealthy woman in hopes of stealing her gems. But the thieves aren't clever enough to ascertain the location of those gems, so they consult a phony spiritualist. Then they decide to dispose of the mystic by framing her for the murder.
A former housemaid now works as a confidence trickster, but her plans for a big job in California go awry.
A young man gets mixed up with a stolen necklace and a gang of ruthless jewel thieves.
Eric and Ernie decide to take a holiday to the South of France and unwittingly become mixed up with a band of jewel thieves.
Its suspected that a society matron, Mrs. Van Bustle, will marry the exotic Prince Shaam. To get the story, reporters Curly, Larry and Moe take jobs in her mansion as a cook and two butlers. The parrot climbing into the turkey scene is a Stooge classic. This was the last of many Stooge appearances by supporting actor Bud Jamison, who passed away in September, 1944, at the age of 50. First appearance by Stooge supporting actress Judy Malcolm.
From the co-founder of Slamdance comes the story of a young man who returns home from a trip abroad to confront not just his peculiar family and friends, but also a pair of Colombian jewel thieves and a roving gang of Iowa kickboxers, culminating in a showdown at Carhenge. A seminal movie in the history of independent film, "Omaha: The Movie" was the film that spearheaded the birth of the Slamdance Film Festival.
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on the burglar alarm by mistake and the real thieves are captured.
Detective Barker has his work cut out for him when his red-haired nanny, Kate Blond, turns out to be a master thief in disguise. Barker’s close friends are a wealthy count and countess who has recently purchased a valuable piece of jewellery at an auction. With a poisoned sewing needle, Kate knocks the countess out and steals the jewellery. She sets the countess’ clock back an hour so the nanny-job is a bulletproof alibi when Barker investigates the case. Barker is at a loss until his trained eyes spot a red hair at the crime scene. (Stumfilm.uk)
Jewel thieves quickly dispose of the loot when the alarm is raised, then track down the family upon whose truck they threw them, meanly interrogating them in the hope of getting them back.