Movies and TvShows featuring "get-rich-quick" theme.

Petticoat Junction is a classic sitcom comedy that takes place in the fictional town of Hooterville. The show revolves around a close-knit family, the Bradleys, who run the Shady Rest Hotel near the railway junction. The three sisters - Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo - along with their Uncle Joe, manage the hotel and get involved in various funny situations. The show highlights the challenges of running a small business in a rural setting, along with the typical dynamics of a family living in a small town.

Sanford and Son is a comedy series set in an African-American neighborhood in Watts, Los Angeles. The show follows Fred Sanford, a junk dealer, and his adult son Lamont as they navigate the ups and downs of their family business. With witty wisecracks and laugh-out-loud moments, Sanford and Son explores the dynamic relationship between a father and son as they hatch get-rich-quick schemes and deal with the challenges of running a business.

Queenpins is a comedy crime movie that tells the story of two housewives who start a coupon scam, becoming masterminds of a national counterfeit coupon caper. Based on a true story, the film explores their journey as they hustle their way to success, navigating the world of organized crime and forming an unlikely friendship along the way.

Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton, two best friends and bus drivers in New York City, dream of getting rich quick and constantly come up with schemes to make money. Their hilarious plans often backfire, leading to slapstick comedy and comedic misunderstandings. Along the way, they navigate their relationships with their wives, deal with money problems, and get into humorous situations at the racetrack, diner, and other locations. This movie is a fun and lighthearted exploration of friendship, marriage, and the pursuit of the American dream.

Toys in the Attic is a 1963 drama film based on a stage play. It explores themes of family, love, and betrayal through the lives of a group of sisters living together. The film delves into their insecurities, past traumas, and the challenges they face when an influential person enters their lives. Secrets are revealed, relationships are tested, and the sisters must confront their own demons to find happiness.

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.

Sam the white-washer pines for the affluent Lindy, but she has dumped him in favor of another. Sam finds a large sum of money, and goes to New York to enjoy a shopping spree, buying new clothes, jewelry and a car with a driver. Back home, Lindy flips for Sam and his newfound wealth, and dumps the rival. Sam throws an engagement party where he indulges in a friendly game of cards with his former rival and another man, who unbeknownst to Sam, is a card shark.

A well-meaning but stupid ex-convict is drawn into a get-rich scheme that could result in his imprisonment.

An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.

A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.

Burt, a clever ex-con, has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York. On the 4th of July, while the drunken Sheriff Paisley is busy with the local parade and festivities, Burt quietly steals a million dollars in cash from the cellar safe in the local rich old widow's house. Unsuspected, Burt makes plans to live the rest of his life in the lap of luxury in a far off place with his attractive girlfriend, local hash house waitress Jeanette. But when a crisis of conscience hits him like a wave of ice cold water, he starts to think twice about his dastardly deed, and how that purloining of the old lady's money is wrongly affecting his friends as well as innocent locals. But will Burt do the right thing?

A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.

Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and steals his Lordship's prize pig in a scheme to raise funds to marry her.

Maggie and Sam have finally saved enough money to be able to pay off the mortgage on their home, and Maggie warns Sam to be careful on his way to the bank. Sam immediately runs into a shady character who offers many ways for Sam to lose his money, but Sam resists them all until he is offered a talking dog. San, figuring a talking dog is a way to get rich immediately buys it. He has many rejections before he can get the dog a booking at a theatre. Before the dog can exhibit his skills, a cat shows up and ruins the act. Maggie and Sam lose their home, and Sam ends up in the dog house, with a talking dog as his companion.

Periyasamy, an idler, hopes to enjoy life as a rich man by making his son, Murali woo Mynaa, who, he thinks, is the daughter of a wealthy jeweller. Little does he realise that Mynaa is actually the daughter of a beggar!

A farmer, unhappy with his life, decides to go the city to try and make his fortune. He takes a friend along with him. The two of them become successful, but that success brings other, unforeseen problems into their lives.

JD Williams and Casey Hill, raised as orphans, are mad with the world and feel that society has overlooked them. Without a clear future in sight, they hatch an ingenious plan, to get rich quick. With everything for the taking, how could our two damsels fail? Stickey is a Comedy Crime Caper, that will have you in stitches Logline. 14 year old JD Williams and Casey Hill, raised as orphans, are mad with the world and feel that society has overlooked them. Without a clear future in sight, they hatch an ingenious plan, to get rich quick. With everything for the taking, how could our two damsels fail? Sticky is a Gritty Comedy Crime Caper, that will have you in stitches.

Crime - A man has to pay back a gangster for stolen drugs to save his own life. - David A. Bynoe, Waliek Crandall, Buddy Love

Directed by Mike Relon Makiling. With Dolphy, Gretchen Barretto, Romnick Sarmenta, Joonee Gamboa.