Movies and TvShows featuring "orange-grove" theme.
In 1930s California, a young pilot named Cliff discovers a jet pack that gives him the ability to fly. He becomes a superhero known as The Rocketeer and must use his newfound powers to stop a group of Nazis who are trying to steal the jet pack for their own nefarious purposes. Along the way, Cliff also becomes involved in a romantic rivalry and faces off against mobsters and spies. With the help of his girlfriend and an eccentric millionaire, Cliff uses his jet pack to save the day and protect his city from evil.
Handsome Antonio, a wealthy and virile man, finds himself in an unwanted pregnancy situation with a maid. The movie explores themes of family relationships, cancelled weddings, and societal pressures in the Catholic Church.
In the Old West, a cowboy named Catlow finds himself entangled in a dangerous quest for gold. As he tries to outrun both the law and a band of outlaws, Catlow must use his wit and resourcefulness to survive. With the help of a flirtatious dance hall girl and a band of mariachi musicians, Catlow navigates treacherous terrain filled with ambushes, fistfights, and even a run-in with a rattlesnake.
A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gangsters.
In 'It's a Gift,' a man named Harold Bissonette dreams of relocating his family to California and buying an orange grove. However, his plans are constantly thwarted by the demands of his nagging wife, meddling in-laws, and various annoyances that seem to follow him wherever he goes. Despite his best efforts to find moments of tranquility, Harold's life is filled with mishaps, misunderstandings, and comedic situations that keep him on his toes.
When a small boy witnesses a murder during a home invasion, a police detective and a child psychologist must navigate through a web of mental trauma and deception to find the truth.
In a small California town, a stranger's arrival stirs up suspicion and leads to a series of escalating events. Suspicion and mystery grow as the townspeople become trapped in a web of assumptions and secrets. With a dead dog and poisonous bait, the investigation takes an unexpected turn.
A cargo plane carrying a shipment of tarantulas crashes in California. The deadly spiders escape and wreak havoc, causing panic and chaos in the local community. As the spider-infested terror spreads, a group of courageous individuals must come together to stop the arachnid invasion and save the town from destruction.
Which Way Is Up? is a comedy film set in 1970s California, following the story of a labor leader and his experiences with labor struggles, adultery, and domestic abuse. The film also explores themes of racial discrimination and personal growth.
Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season. Along the way, Marcos learns plenty about the harsh realities of bigotry and the power of family in America of the 1950s. The coming-of-age Chicano drama is based on Tomas Rivera's semiautobiographical 1971 novella.
Wild Oranges is a suspenseful silent film that takes place on a remote island off the coast of Georgia, USA. The story follows a recluse ships cook, who becomes involved in a romantic rivalry and must confront his own fears and the control exerted by others. As tensions rise, the cook is faced with a series of dangerous situations, including rape threats, knife attacks, and murder. Amidst this turmoil, he falls in love with a woman bound and gagged, and together they must find a way to escape the clutches of their captors. As the plot unfolds, secrets are revealed, leading to a heart-stopping conclusion.
Danny ponders a way for rival gangs to avoid violence at an upcoming dance.
Hidden Places is a drama and romance movie that takes place during the Great Depression. It tells the story of a war widow and her two children who move to a small town. They encounter challenges and find hope as they build new relationships and discover hidden places in their lives.
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside the packing house, and visits with the women who are packing fruit into cases. Then he heads to a storage area, and tries to use the machinery to escape his pursuers.
Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom she has had a long affair. Dennis tells Jane that he has to break off their relationship. She threatens suicide, but when she picks up a shish kabob skewer, the two struggle and Dennis is stabbed in the chest and collapses. Jane hides the body in the house. Before she can leave, her brother-in-law arrives and tells her that he knows about the affair and that he has invited her husband, her lover, and his wife to her house that evening so that he can tell them about the affair.
A boy outlaw spends forty-eight dreamlike hours on the run in the American South.
An embellished dramatization of the career and personal life of actor Rudolph Valentino, widely regarded as the screen's first male sex symbol.
A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an Indian who is accused of murdering a sheriff.
A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Gypsy girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef's family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father's in prison and his heavily-armed brother's on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef's schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he's waited so long for.
Felix the Cat travels to Hollywood, California in search of fame and fortune. He encounters various comedic situations and parodies movie studios and stars.