Movies and TvShows featuring "bequest" theme.

In 19th century Europe, a wealthy American woman finds herself trapped in a web of manipulation and deceit as she navigates through relationships with her male cousins. She soon becomes entangled in a love triangle and must confront her own desires and societal expectations.

Mr. Jason Rafiel asks Miss Marple to solve a crime but, he does gives her any details. In fact, he can't be sure that a crime was committed at all.

In the early 1900s, a con artist named Harold Hill arrives in a small Midwestern town and poses as a music professor. He convinces the townspeople to form a marching band and buy instruments and uniforms from him, promising to teach them how to play. However, Harold has no musical background and plans to skip town as soon as he collects the money. As he spends more time in the town and gets to know its inhabitants, including a skeptical librarian named Marian Paroo, Harold begins to question his fraudulent actions and find true love.

In 'The New York Hat', a young woman named Mollie receives a hat as an inheritance from her recently deceased mother. However, her domineering father disapproves and spreads scandalous rumors about her. Mollie's life is further complicated when a pastor tries to help her, leading to misunderstandings and gossip. In the end, Mollie overcomes the obstacles and proves her innocence, while also finding love.

Kipps is a comedy-drama based on the works of H.G. Wells. It follows the story of a young apprentice who suddenly inherits a fortune, leading him to navigate the challenges and social snobbery of the upper class. Along the way, he must decide between love and money, facing the complexities of social distinction and the impact of his newfound wealth. This fictional biography set in the early 1900s offers social commentary on the class divide and the pursuit of fortune.

A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.

A valuable diamond known as the Moonstone is stolen, and a curse is believed to be associated with it. The story follows the investigation into the theft and the attempts to recover the diamond.

The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.

A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the real killer is.

A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!

The woman who birthed the most children in the City of Toronto within a certain time period would inherit a fortune in the midst of the Great Depression