Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor. One day he meets a strange, shadowy man, Nick Beal, who offers to help him to achieve his end. Beal convinces hesitating Foster by dint of easy money, easy sex with an alluring young woman and the promise of easy success. Joseph Foster soon becomes an influential politician but a corrupt one. A minister of God manages to show him that he has been the plaything of the so-called Nick Beal, who might be "Old Nick" , that is to say Satan himself. Foster then decides to resign and to become an honest man again.

唐（雷·米兰德 Ray Milland 饰）都不知道自己能否称自己为一个失意的作家，因为一个作品从来没有被公众所接受过的作家怎么能是作家呢？为了排遣心中的愤懑，唐选择了向酒精寻求安慰，殊不知，酒精只会让他的情况变得更糟。海伦（简·怀曼 Jane Wyman 饰）的出现将唐从酗酒的泥潭中拉了出来，她的温柔和善解人意温暖了唐孤寂的生活，也令他找到了心灵的归属，他决定重新振作起来。 好景不长，海伦的父亲对唐和女儿的关系十分不满，在他的眼中，唐只是一个一事无成的浪荡儿而已。感情遭到否定的汤再次陷入了酗酒的危机中，甚至动起了自杀的念头。面对心灰意冷的爱人，海伦能否再一次将唐从死亡边缘中解救回来呢？

把罗马焚城后，惨无人道的暴君尼禄（查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰）将矛头指向基督徒，开始大规模肆意捕杀基督徒。不仅如此，尼禄更颁布了法令把抓获的基督徒送往竞技场。罗马最高军事军官马库斯（弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰）奉命残杀这些捕获的基督徒。被抓的基督徒中有两名老者准备逃跑，马库斯本欲逮捕他们，然而当马库斯看到他们的继女麦西卡（爱丽莎·兰迪 Elissa Landi 饰）时，情不自禁地一见倾心。楚楚动人的麦西卡，马库斯很快与她坠入爱河不能自拔，随之下令释放了所有基督徒。马库斯的这一举动，不仅激怒了暴君尼禄，更让一直暗恋他的皇后帕亚（克劳黛·考尔白 Claudette Colbert 饰）醋意大发，心生嫉妒。

两位孤苦无依的孤儿、却有著不为人知的超能力、不料这个秘密被鲁莽的暴发户知道了，贪得无厌的他想借用他们的力量来完成他私人的欲望，勇敢的孤儿联合起来逃出他的魔掌……

Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained. [Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration. To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming. More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching. (Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk) In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it. (Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net) I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts. (Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org) See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)

Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?

On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob

《神探可伦坡》（Columbo）是一个有名的经典美国电视电影，由彼得·福克（Peter Falk）主演。自1968年~2003年期间，共69集。本片叙述一名总是穿着一件皱巴巴的棕色风衣，顶着一头乱发，嘴里叼雪茄，开着一辆老爷车的洛杉矶重案组的刑警主角法兰克·可伦坡（Frank Columbo）。看似不修边幅的他，总是以敏锐的推理能力侦破各种案件，并让犯人无从抵赖。 本片每集独立成篇，一大特点是每集中客串演出犯人角色的全为名演员与名人。另一特点是剧情采用固定的倒叙推理形式;先描述犯人作案的情形，而后描写可伦坡从与嫌疑犯的交谈及证据中确定其嫌疑，逼得犯人不得不自白。犯人原以为天衣无缝的杀人计划，都逃不过他的锐眼。他的一句名言是：‘世上没有完美犯罪’。 倒叙推理，着重如howcatchem（如何抓住犯人），而不是常见的whodunit（谁是凶手）、howdunit（手法）或whydunit（动机）。因此在日本若出现倒叙推理的作品，往往会被叫成‘神探可伦坡或古畑任三郎风格’。日本著名编剧 三谷幸喜 从小就可伦坡迷，长大后更是创作了’日本版神探可伦坡’－《古畑任三郎》。

埃伦·安德鲁斯（克劳黛·考尔白 饰）与飞行员金·韦斯特利（詹姆森·托马斯 饰）的婚事遭到了富豪父亲（沃尔特·康诺利 饰）的极力反对。被困在游艇上的埃伦绝食无效，竟跳海逃走去找金。心急如焚的父亲派出侦探对女儿围追堵截，不料聪明的埃伦托人（艾玛·坦西 饰）在侦探眼皮底下买了去纽约的长途车票。旅行计划很完美，可是不谙世事的埃伦不仅行李被偷，还落下车票，错过了班车。而捡到车票的前记者彼得·沃恩（克拉克·盖博 饰）为了把票还给埃伦，选择留在车站等待。失去财富的埃伦与失去工作的彼得之间，会擦出怎样的火花？

近日里，发生了一件让美国财政部大为头疼的事情，市场上一批假钞泛滥成灾，这批假钞的制作工艺非常的精湛，使用了专业的雕刻模具，和几乎能够以假乱真的美钞纸张，如果没有专业的设备，单凭肉眼和手感，根本无法区别真伪。 财政部派出了丹尼斯（丹尼斯·欧基夫 Dennis O'Keefe 饰）对这批假钞的来源进行秘密调查，最终追溯到了假钞的源头——一个底特律帮派，于是，丹尼斯和特派员安东尼（阿尔弗雷德·赖德 Alfred Ryder 饰）被安插到了这个帮派之中成为了卧底。随着时间的推移，一位代号谋士（华莱士·福特 Wallace Ford 饰）的男子渐渐的浮出了水面。

约翰·法罗执导的一部涉案片，讲述了一个出版大享凭借过人的胆识和智慧为自己洗刷谋杀罪名的故事。影片包容了言情、悬疑诸多元素，情节跌宕起伏，扣人心弦。 出版大亨乔纳森拥有世界上最精确、最独特的私人大钟，这个钟造价高过60万美元，可以知道世界任何一个地方的时间。乔治就在这个出版机构任职。多年来，他忙于工作，连和妻子去度蜜月的时间都被突而其来的新闻采访所占去，内心深处觉得非常亏欠妻子。就在他准备休假陪妻子度蜜月时，他卷入了一起谋杀案，他所带领的团队负责向读者披露案件侦破过程，一个又一个的疑点对他相当不利，尽管他是无辜的，在紧张的调查过程中，他利用自己过人的胆识和智慧，为自己洗脱了罪名。

麦克马斯克斯（克拉克·盖博 Clark Gable 饰）和桑德（斯宾塞·屈塞 Spencer Tracy 饰）是两名石油开采者，在经历了一系列的失败和破产之后，总算赚来了足够的钱，不仅偿还了债务，还在石油开采业站稳了脚跟。 一天，麦克斯马斯克斯在小镇上邂逅了一位名叫贝斯迪（克劳黛·考尔白 Claudette Colbert 饰）的女孩，两人共度了浪漫的一夜，然而，当麦克斯马斯克斯向贝斯迪表露真情时，后者却后娱乐。原来，桑德也爱慕着贝斯迪，最终，桑德选择了离开这段三角恋，成全了麦克马斯克斯和贝斯迪的爱情。哪知道在两人结婚一周年纪念日那天，贝斯迪发现麦克马斯克斯出轨了，得知此事怒火中烧的桑德和麦克马斯克斯一刀两断。

汤尼（雷·米兰德 Ray Milland饰）和玛戈（格蕾丝·凯利 Grace Kelly 饰）是貌合神离的一对夫妻。汤尼常常为了他的事业和爱好，把娇妻忘在一边，二人感情亮出红灯。而生活寂寥的玛戈和作家马克不可避免的擦出爱之火花，他们约会、通信，不料竟被汤尼发现。汤尼没有 声张，只是写了一封匿名信给妻子以示警告。然而现在马克竟然造访家中，为了一雪耻辱，加之图谋得到妻子玛戈的丰厚财产，汤尼暗生毒计。 汤尼向旧时同学列斯开出了一千英镑的价钱，让其参与他布下的一整套严密杀人计划。这套计划有设计精妙的凶手不在场证据，电话、钥匙，窗帘，统统成为这个阴谋的道具设置。然而计划终究赶不上变化，列斯不但得不到赏金，还要赔上自己的性命。而汤尼却也急中生了智……

在大萧条期间，一位富有的银行家扔掉了妻子昂贵的皮大衣；它落在了速记员的头上，导致每个人都认为她是他的情妇，可以得到他的数百万美元。

影片讲述斯蒂芬被关闭在英国的收容所里两年后被释放，他似乎有点神志不清，随后他在回来巴黎的路上，遇到一个间谍集团...

这个是1978年老版得试播集，148分钟片长

朱妮（洛丽泰·扬 Loretta Young 饰）是美国最著名的“老姑娘”，一次偶然中，她和一位名叫提摩西（雷·米兰德 Ray Milland 饰）的男子搭乘同一辆车回城，没想到被记者拍到了，记者将他两误认为了夫妻，在报纸上大肆报道，很快便引起了轰动。 朱妮和提摩西发现，这一误会反而给他们带来了意料之外的福利，于是决定假扮夫妻维持这个谎言，可是，知道他们真正的生活在一起后才发现，两个人无论是生活习惯还是个性上都矛盾多多，在一次又一次的摩擦和争吵中，朱妮和提摩西都感到对方令自己难以忍受，可如今他们早已骑虎难下，两人该如何处理这段斩不断理还乱的关系呢？

Dr. James Xavier. A world renowned scientist, uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.

《蓝胡子的第八任妻子》整个故事是对清教徒社会风气的嘲讽：既然影坛的清洁运动如火如荼，连在婚姻注册署办了正式手续的结发夫妻也被剥夺同睡一张床的权利，那干脆拍部太太不肯圆房的戏好了，包保没有触犯禁忌的危险。拥有七次辉煌婚姻纪录的富贵男主角，终于排除万难把心仪的女子追到手，但疑神疑鬼的第八任妻子虽然愿意结婚，却觉得他无论如何不会相信自己嫁入豪门为的不是钱，于是坚持守身如玉，要直到证实他不再对自己的真心存疑，才肯在床上尽做妻子的义务。脱了裤子放屁的桥段，由别的导演处理大概凶多吉少，然而由刘别谦烹调，就是一道色香味俱全的佳肴——“多此一举”甚至成了对可怜复可笑的男主角的挖苦。

正在奋斗中的汤姆和美丽动人的杰瑞杰了婚，但是在结婚之后，他们却发现他们的生活逐渐陷入了困境，因为他们几乎没有钱生活。就在他们即将被赶出公寓的时候，杰瑞遇到了一个正在附近转悠的富商，他正想在附近寻找一套房子。他给了杰瑞七百块钱，叫她开始新的生活，汤姆听了以后，不相信杰瑞的故事，于是开始争吵起来。杰瑞气不过，就想结束这段婚姻，然后到棕榈岛上去与富翁结婚。但是汤姆后来意识到自己的不对，他跟着坐上了另一班火车，尾随而至，想要劝说杰瑞回心转意。他们时来运转，碰上了一个百万富翁，汤姆被聘请作了他的设计师。

在Ellen和David的婚礼上突然闯进了一个陌生人，声称Ellen已是有夫之妇，婚礼因此被中断。虽然有各种人证物证，但Ellen仍然坚持说没结过婚，而且不认识那个所谓的“丈夫”，没想到而后却被指控杀死了自己的“丈夫”，最终在法庭上精神崩溃。David坚信未婚妻是清白的，并一直追寻背后的真相。。。