Movies and TvShows featuring "bill-collector" theme.
Set in post-war Japan, a young woman named Noriko is faced with the pressures of marriage and family expectations. She must decide between following tradition or seeking her own path in life.
Broadway producer Nickie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next show who insists that they cast his ex-girlfriend, Clarice Sheldon, in the lead role and rehearse out of town. The crew set up on a family farm, and all is well until the leading man falls for the farmer's daughter, Patience Bingham. When flighty starlet Sheldon finds out he has a new girlfriend, she takes off, leaving North and Trimble to find a new leading lady.
Street Scene takes place in a New York City tenement where various residents interact with each other. The story revolves around the Morningside family and their neighbors, as they navigate issues of love, infidelity, gossip, and prejudice. Set during a heatwave, tensions rise and secrets are revealed, leading to tragic consequences.
In Arizona, a realtor named Cassie is held captive by a man named Sonny, who blames her for his financial troubles. As Cassie tries to escape, she must navigate a dangerous game of cat and mouse while dealing with her own personal issues.
In this comedy sci-fi movie, an English professor named Woodrow Wilson Smith purchases a new television set called the Twonky. However, he soon discovers that the television set is not an ordinary one, as it takes control of his life and starts to exert its influence over him. The Twonky starts to interfere with Woodrow's relationships, job, and even his freedom. As things escalate, Woodrow must find a way to regain control and overcome the power of the Twonky.
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
A letter is found by a demolition worker that reveals a cover up and a murder that is over 30 years old. The victim is the author of the letter that also contains evidence that leads to the killers. The demolition worker and his wife complicate things when they decide to blackmail the killers, who are wealthy and upstanding citizens of the community, of course.
The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts.
The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly makes a shambles of a real estate deal his oldest daughter, Ethel is working on, almost wrecks her romance with Captain Tom Drayson, and gets involved in a game with a pool shark in an effort to raise the remaining $75 of the $6,750 needed (that they didn't have) by the Wakefield Lodge to host the national convention of the Noblest Romans.
Frank Faylen and Charlie Hall (a longtime Laurel & Hardy foil) star as Dolan and Doolittle, a pair of goofy druggists who join the army to escape the wrath of bill collector Mulligan
Saturday's Children tells the story of a group of individuals living in New York City who are facing various challenges in their personal and professional lives. The movie explores themes of love, ambition, and the complexities of human relationships.
A model posing as a school teacher at Jones Beach causes chaos when her true identity is revealed. The two must navigate their complicated relationship amidst deception and public scrutiny.
Nora Clegg, an actress, marries Carl Brent, an unemployed young engineer, whose estimation of his worth and ability keeps him from getting a job. He finally acquires a position that will require him to go to Russia for a period of time, while Nora goes back to the stage during his absence. But he loses out on the job at the last minute, and rather than tell Nora he has failed again, he steals a roll of money from his prospective employer to buy some things for Nora and go out and have a good time before, she things, his departure. His departure is to jail rather than Russia and he hides the truth from Nora by having an acquaintance mail his letters from Russia. He then finds out that Nora is pregnant.
A masseuse's journey to find the human touch.
A recently-fired advertising executive starts his own company, Confidential Services, to help clients solve their unusual and problematic situations.
"Dapper Dan" Franklin and his small troupe of actors become stranded in the small town of Harmony, Tennessee. The town is shackled by Blue Laws imposed upon it by a City Council under the influence of their domineering wives. Harry Cheshire is under the thumb of his sister Abigail Uppington. One look at "Pappy's" daughter Clementine, and Dan decides to stay in Harmony...Blue Laws or no.
A group of farmers face financial hardship and eviction during the Great Depression, but with the help of collective farming and self-governance, they triumph over adversity.
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market crash of 1929. Lee, a college-age young man, who now faces no possibility of entering college, decides to go on the road to see what is happening to the rest of the country.
A banker gets stranded in a small town during a snowstorm and falls in love with a widow. Together, they overcome the challenges of the holiday season and discover the true meaning of Christmas.