Catch-22 is a satirical novel by American author Joseph Heller. The story follows a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier named Yossarian and his fellow servicemen stationed on the Mediterranean island of Pianosa during World War II. Yossarian is considered insane because he is desperately trying to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his attempts are thwarted by a bureaucratic rule called Catch-22, which states that if one is sane enough to request exemption from combat, they are deemed fit to fly. The novel explores the absurdity of war and the contradictions of military bureaucracy.
Quicksand is a film-noir crime drama about a bookkeeper who gets caught up in a web of embezzlement, murder, and betrayal after getting involved with a femme fatale. Set in 1950s Mexico, the protagonist must navigate the dangerous underworld to clear his name and find redemption.
Frisco Jenny follows the life of an orphan girl who rises to become a powerful madam in the notorious Barbary Coast district of San Francisco. She faces treachery, murder, and deception as she navigates the corrupt world of politicians, gangsters, and the local tong. The film explores themes of love, loss, and redemption.
A group of explorers embarks on a journey to find a hidden treasure in the depths of the jungle. Along the way, they stumble upon a mysterious voodoo woman who seeks to manipulate their fates. As tensions rise and secrets are revealed, the group must confront their darkest fears in order to survive.
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a rough-and-tumble oil driller's jungle oil-field in order to pay him back for being slipped a mickey and robbed.
An engineer makes a thieving entertainer work off her debts as a housekeeper at his jungle mining camp.
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