Movies and TvShows featuring "pullman-porter" theme.

Smart Money is a 1931 crime drama movie. Nick Venizelos, a barber, is a tin-horn gambler who gets involved in a sting operation. He becomes a success but also attracts the unwanted attention of the police.

Union Depot is a comedy-drama set in a train station during the Great Depression. The film follows various characters who find themselves at the station, including a tramp, a prostitute, and a government agent. The plot revolves around a proposition involving counterfeit money and a case filled with instruments. As the night unfolds, there are instances of impersonation, false arrest, accidental death, and insanity. The film touches on themes of desperation, survival, and human connections.

A prisoner escapes and finds himself on a tropical island, where he faces racial tensions and power struggles.

The Divorcee tells the story of a woman who seeks revenge on her unfaithful husband by having an affair of her own. As their marriage falls apart, she navigates the complexities of love and societal expectations. This pre-Code film explores themes of guilt, jealousy, and double moral standards.

A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.

Annabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a rival gets engaged to a Marquis; so she makes studio head Webb re-hire disgraced publicity agent Morgan for her personal appearance tour. The trip proceeds with a flurry of Morgan's crazy, slapstick publicity stunts. Then Annabel has her chance to "bag" a real Viscount.

When a woman's wedding is repeatedly delayed due to a series of comedic mishaps, she begins to suspect her fiance of infidelity. With the help of a reporter and a detective, she unravels a web of misunderstandings and mistaken identities.

When Simon Templar, the Saint, visits Palm Springs, he becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a rare stamp and a foreign agent. With his wit and charm, the Saint must navigate through a web of deception and danger to uncover the truth.

Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her. While organising a concert for her he meets glamorous Cecil Carver. She in turn discovers Leonard has a splendid voice, and encourages him to use it for reasons very much her own.

A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.

While visiting Massachusetts, a famous English author (Charles Coburn) faces the wrath of a socialite (Isobel Elsom) after stealing her chef.

A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.

A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there she becomes involved with another man.

When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be on the team.

When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.

George Hall and his orchestra couldn't find a hotel in the city where they are scheduled to appear, so they break into the basement of the theater in which they will perform the next day. They rehearse some musical numbers, and other songs are performed in dream sequences.