Movies and TvShows featuring "crooked-business-partner" theme.

In "The Door into Summer," a scientist invents a time-traveling device and uses it to jump forward in time. He encounters a world controlled by robots and must find a way to change the future. Along the way, he faces betrayal, business challenges, and the loss of his beloved pet cat. With the help of a smart female lead, he navigates the complexities of the future and discovers the true meaning of love and loyalty.

The Dark Corner is a film noir crime drama about a private investigator who gets framed for murder. With the help of his loyal secretary, he must uncover the conspiracy and clear his name before it's too late.

In Angels Over Broadway, a playwright and a con man scheme to save a good-bad girl from her crooked business partner. The story takes place in a greasy spoon cafe and explores themes of infidelity, remorse, and deception. As the plot unfolds, the characters find themselves in a series of mean streets, pawn shops, and skid row hotels, facing violence and comeuppance. With the help of a fake angel, they navigate through the night club scene, encountering night people and a night court judge. The film features a captivating song and a racetrack tout. Ultimately, the characters learn that in Broadway, nothing is as it seems.

Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.

Unknown to Joan Manning, her trading post partner Weathers is operating a counterfeiting ring. When miner Jim Smithers brings his gold dust in, Weathers pays him off in counterfeit money. Jim's drunken brother, Bill, comes to the post and Weathers hears him say that Jim is leaving the area for good. Weathers sends Hawks to kill Jim and retrieve the bogus money. RCMP Sergeant Renfrew and Constable Kelly find Jim's body, and Renfrew hurries for Jim's cabin to search it. He is attacked by Weathers' men who have found the money. Renfrew is suspicious when Bill Smithers body is found, supposedly a suicide, with a note he had burned the money. This leads the Mounties to suspect counterfeiting. Kelly follows Manti, an Indian who works for Weathers, to the gang's hideout and is captured. But Renfrew is trailing Kelly.