After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.
The auto mechanic Dan Brady "borrows" twenty dollars from the cash register of the garage where he works to date the blonde waitress Vera Novak in the weekend. His intention is return the money Monday night, when a friend that owes him the same amount will pay him. However, on Monday morning the accountant finds the negative balance, and Dan tries to cover the embezzlement, falling deeper and deeper in a criminal life.
Danny Brady is running out of time. In only one week, he's gone from being an honest auto mechanic to a criminal on the run for the Mexican border. His charges: grand theft, kidnapping, battery and murder.Mickey Rooney stars as Danny, a kid with his sights on impressing a beautiful diner waitress, Vera (Jeanne Cagney). When he asks her out on a date a couple of days before his payday, he borrows money from the garage's cash register, intending to replace it by the time the accountant comes to...
Mickey Rooney gives one of his greatest performances as mechanic Dan Brady, a desperate young man out to impress Vera, a sexy bottle blond who dreams of diamonds and furs. Feeling too light in the pocket to show her a good time, Dan embarks on a series of petty crimes to raise money. Dan finds himself in more trouble than he'd bargained for, and gradually sinking into the very quicksand of the film's title. Add Peter Lorre as one of Dan's seedy connections, and a dazzling Jeanne Cagney as the...
The road to Heaven is paved with dog-do. At least it is for Archie (Gary Busey Lethal Weapon) a rich practical joker who's killed in an accident and forced to return to earth as a white Pomeranian named Quigley. Quigley must retrieve a CD Archie made before dying which, if played, will ruin several lives. Helped only by his awkward guardian angel (Oz Perkins Legally Blonde), Quigley/Archie must also find a way to help his estranged brother Woodward (Christopher Atkins The Blue Lagoon) realize...
An ex-army officer leads a search party into Indian territory to investigate the disappearance of a top-secret shipment of repeating rifles.
A love letter to all things great and British from castles, Shakespeare, fashion and classic automobiles to quirky traditions and a self-deprecating sense of humor. There's so much to discover. Welcome to being Quintessentially British.
A love letter to all things great and Irish that reveals some surprising facts about what it means to be Irish. Featuring a distinguished cast including Pierce Brosnan, Jeremy Irons and Prince Albert II, enter a glamorous world of castles, palaces, and presidents that reveals fascinating views on the Irish and their vast influence in the world.
A wealthy Manhattan couple celebrates their first year wedding anniversary at a secluded Airbnb, only to realize that they are being secretly videotaped. But why?
Maude (Adelaide Clemens), a 25-year-old medical student living in Germany, is still trying to pick up the pieces after her identical twin Cleo disappeared one year prior. When visions of Cleo's violent abduction begin manifesting as hallucinations, Maude returns home to face her grieving family in Australia. Once there, however, the increasingly vivid details of Cleo's disappearance surface in Maude's nightmares. Initially unsure if the dreams are just the cruel creations of a troubled mind or...
The series stars Emmy Award winner Kiefer Sutherland as private espionage operative John Weir, who finds himself in the midst of a battle over the preservation of democracy in a world at odds with misinformation, behavioral manipulation, the surveillance state, and the interests that control these extraordinary powers. This 2-disc set includes all 8 episodes plus nearly 30 minutes of special features.
Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee James Caan ("Misery," "The Godfather") stars as a one-time basketball star who finds the realities of life are tougher than those on the playing field. Based on the brilliant novel by John Updike and featuring a superb supporting cast. Co-starring Oscar and Emmy-winner Jack Albertson ("Chico and the Man"), Arthur Hill ("The Champ"), Oscar-nominee Carrie Snodgrass ("Diary of a Mad Housewife"), and Ken Kercheval ("Dallas").
Ana, a beautiful young woman of Chinese origin who works as a municipal inspector in Buenos Aires, accidentally becomes involved in the local Chinese mafia. When they threaten her she flees to Argentina's Pampas region, invaded by mutant carnivorous bunnies.
Imagine a flu that kills 70 percent of those it infects and has the potential to become as contagious as the common cold. Would a wide spread panic break out? Would martial law have to be imposed? Would the global economy come to a halt? These are only a few of the concerns surrounding a deadly strain of avian influenza that first made news in Asia in 1997. Join National Geographic as we follow a swat team of virus hunters and the world's leading scientists in a race to understand the latest...
Ah, the joys of camp: the fresh air! The lousy chow! The obnoxious kids from that other tent! But Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, Woodstock and the rest of the PEANUTS gang are ready to face whatever camp throws at them. And when the day of the Big Rafting Race comes around, they'll fearlessly take to the water, pitting the boys against the girls -- and Snoopy and Woodstock against all of them -- as they face raging rapids, wild weather, and sneaky sabotage from a bevy of bunkhouse...
Some of Hollywood's most famous funnymen compete for the title of world's maddest marathoner in these comedic short subjects, among the rarest films ever made! The 'Race Night Comedies' spotlight the slapstick stars of the Hal Roach, Mack Sennett, and Al Christie studios, pitted against each other in a wild dash to the finish line. The race varied from film to film, and could involve automobiles, boats, motorcycles, roller skates, dogs, horses, and dangerous obstacle courses. Runners included...
Born in 1930 in Texas, Sample was the mixed-race son of Emma (a hard-drinking black prostitute and gambler) and Mr. Albert (a wealthy white cotton broker and one of her tricks). He emerged from an abusive childhood an angry young man on a straight path to the penitentiary. By his early 20s, Sample was serving a 30-year prison sentence at Retrieve, a plantation-style prison known as "the burnin' hell." After a profound spiritual awakening, Sample's future changed dramatically. In 1972, he was...
No racetrack crash DVD collection is complete without Racetrack Trauma! Motocross riders drive through mud and take on hills as they try and make the hole shot. Winged sprint cars flip end over end, and stock cars fly through the air as you witness some of the most amazing crashes ever seen. Feel the adrenaline rush, with clip after clip of heart-stopping footage, set to heart-racing music. Get inside the racecar with amazing shots from the drivers point of view. Racetrack Trauma combines all...
William Holden, Loretta Young and Robert Mitchum are the powerhouse performers in this great Western classic that The New York Times hailed as "excellent moviemaking." Splendidly depicting the untamed frontier of the 1820s, the film tells the impassioned story of Big Davey Harvey (Holden), a stoic backwoodsman who "buys" and marries a bondswoman, Rachel (Young), to care for and educate his motherless son. Neither the father nor son find much to appreciate in Rachel until Jim Fairways...
This charming, witty teen comedy follows a young genius (Dexter Fletcher) as he allows his raging hormones, high intellect -- and desktop computer -- to ensnare him in the most unsolvable of all equations: love! Ione Skye and James Spader also star.
New England schoolteacher Rachel Cameron's life is small and safe. Too small and too safe for a warmhearted woman who wants to do something -- anything -- to keep from slipping into spinsterhood. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward joined their stellar talents on this powerfully human movie, he debuting as a director and she giving one of her hallmark screen performances. Both won New York Film Critics and Golden Globe awards for their work, and the film garnered four Academy Award nominations,...