Movies and TvShows featuring "phony" theme.
This movie tells the story of Harry Houdini, a renowned magician and escape artist. It covers his life and career, from his beginnings in Brooklyn, New York City, to his famous stunts and performances around the world. The plot explores his relationships, including his complicated relationship with his mother-in-law. It also delves into the various magic acts and tricks that made him famous, such as his sawed-in-half magic act and his handcuff escapes. Throughout the movie, Houdini faces challenges and obstacles, including run-ins with Scotland Yard and publicity stunts gone wrong. The plot highlights the dangers and risks Houdini took to entertain and amaze his audience.
Actor and former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. leads a roundtable discussion of WWE luminaries to delve into the storylines and dynamic characters behind the epic battles that built WWE. Each one-hour episode features archival footage from WWE’s library as well as interviews with the Legends involved and the Superstars who watched these rivalries unfold.
In 'Larceny,' a con man named Rick Jarrett is framed for murder when he is found with a dead body in his hotel room. Determined to clear his name, Rick embarks on a thrilling journey to find the real killer and bring him to justice. Along the way, he encounters various obstacles and dangerous situations, all while trying to stay one step ahead of the law. With time running out, Rick must rely on his wit and cunning to unravel the truth and prove his innocence.
In 17th-century France, a catholic priest swears loyalty to the rightful king and gets embroiled in a dangerous game of deception and betrayal. The priest's identical twin brother, imprisoned as the Man in the Iron Mask, is the key to uncovering an evil plot orchestrated by the usurper king. A thrilling tale of swashbuckling sword fights, romance, and a quest for justice unfolds in this big-budget action-packed movie.
Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…
Pretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben Castle out of trouble in Las Vegas. Despite his many faults, Abigail falls in love with and marries Ben, with the hope that she can mold him into the virtuous hero he plays on the screen.
When an idealistic protagonist is framed for murder, he becomes the target of a ruthless crime syndicate. With the help of his girlfriend, he must navigate a treacherous world of lies and danger to prove his innocence and bring the true culprits to justice. Set in New York, this film-noir explores themes of corruption, greed, and the dark underbelly of society.
A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.
A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.
She drops in and starts disrupting this close, cozy little community. She wants to be queen bee But there's already one. so she sets out to destroy her. This means having to break her legs, then feeding her cake so she gets fat, stealing her friends, etc...
Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds and John Stowe, of the radio program sponsored by his company, as he thinks their on-air quarreling is real. Two former associates, Jules Kinsey and J.M. Snow cross him up by substituting Susan Blair, an office secretary, for Mary and Elmer thinks the show's writer Paul Stevens is John.
A pathological liar, having reached old age, tells his life in order to become a television series, while his relatives were waiting for him to die to inherit it.
A New York City cab driver in need of $200 picks up a movie star in his cab, and schemes to get the money from her.
Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.
A biting satire from the front lines of the American workplace, where layoffs are so routine they've created their own industry - outplacement. Elite Transition Services promises laid-off worker Scott Matter help finding a job and getting back on his feet. But as the job search grows increasingly desperate, Scott finds himself caught in a corporate purgatory where the absurdities of office life are brought into vivid relief.
A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and goes back to flirting with her fast cop friends.
William Bakewell stars as an inventor who develops a high-powered boat engine. Bakewell, of course, created this wonder machine to benefit mankind-and, incidentally, to win an upcoming motorboat race.
Marty is a shipping clerk in the garment district and a wise guy trying to cut corners and get by on angles, and not very good at it. He meets Helen and decides to change his ways, but lack of patience in slow-progress jobs leads him to become involved with a neighborhood gang.
This comedy-melodrama focuses on Marmaduke Grandon (Franklin Farnum), who's a drug store clerk with aspirations to be a movie star.
Welcome Home is a comedy crime romance film set in a small town during the Great Depression. The story follows a musician who gets lured into a con game by a phony millionaire and his deceitful accomplices. As the musician tries to escape from the clutches of the con artists, he finds himself facing various obstacles, including a high-school reunion, a pursuit by a constable, and a complicated male-female relationship. With the help of his wit and musical talents, he navigates through treachery and trickery to find his way back home.