Movies and TvShows featuring "train-porter" theme.
The Lost Valentine is a story that spans over several decades, telling the tale of a young naval aviator who goes off to war, leaving behind his pregnant wife. He is declared missing in action and is presumed dead. Decades later, a television reporter uncovers his story and sets out to reunite the wife with her lost love on Valentine's Day.
In this film-noir crime thriller, a tough police detective is tasked with protecting a murder witness on a train trip. However, they soon find themselves being pursued by relentless assassins. As they race against time, they must navigate through deception, danger, and hidden identities to ensure their survival.
Cairo Station is a crime drama that takes place in a train station where obsession, sexual repression, and gender violence are explored through the lens of a murder investigation.
When a famous theater critic slips and injures his hip, he becomes an uninvited houseguest in a small town. Chaos ensues as he disrupts the lives of the residents, falls in love, and causes a series of mishaps.
In Lady on a Train, a woman witnesses a murder from her train window and becomes determined to solve the crime. With the help of a songwriter, she navigates a web of intrigue and danger as she gets closer to the truth. This classic film-noir combines elements of comedy, romance, and suspense for an entertaining and thrilling ride.
In a small town in California, a detective is drawn into the investigation of a crime that he believes is a frame-up. As he delves deeper into the case, he discovers a web of deception and lies. Along the way, he encounters a variety of characters including a portrait painter, a female doctor, a police detective, and a companion. The detective must navigate through the twists and turns of the case to uncover the truth and bring the real culprits to justice.
Thirst is a 1949 movie that delves into the intertwined lives of multiple characters, exploring themes of love, infidelity, loss, and personal growth. The story revolves around a couple facing marital issues and the impact it has on their lives and the people around them. As the plot unfolds, secrets are revealed, alliances are tested, and decisions made that alter the course of everyone's lives forever.
A prisoner escapes and finds himself on a tropical island, where he faces racial tensions and power struggles.
When Bulldog Drummond's wedding is canceled, he must solve the case of a stolen invention and a series of murders disguised as suicides, all while evading a Japanese agent and navigating a web of conspiracy.
After becoming pregnant and being abandoned by her boyfriend, a woman assumes the identity of another woman who dies in a train crash. She moves to a small town, gets married and starts a new life, but her troubled past catches up with her.
When their father is wrongly accused of selling state secrets, three siblings face financial problems and must move to a countryside house. They befriend a Russian man and together they uncover a conspiracy while dealing with family relationships and their mother's illness.
In this screwball comedy, lawyer Malone and paroled convict O'Malley join forces to solve a murder on a train. As they investigate, they encounter a missing corpse, false arrests, and a web of betrayal. With their lives at stake, they must unravel the mystery before it's too late.
While crossing on the train ferry to New Orleans, roving reporter Addison Francis Murphy borrows money from singing hillbilly "Carolina," then loses it all in a crap game. Outside on deck, Murphy sees two men shaking hands, and after he looks away, hears a splash of water and discovers both men have disappeared...
Experiment Perilous is a gothic thriller film that tells the story of an Austrian man who becomes involved in a twisted love affair with a dysfunctional family. As secrets and lies unravel, the protagonist finds himself on a train trip filled with murder, jealousy, and a menacing atmosphere. Will he be able to escape the madness and find true love?
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity. Her agent (Gregory Ratoff) arranges a "romance" between Faye and Menjou. Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen, allowing Menjou to continue his blissful, bibulous bachelorhood. Sing, Baby, Sing represented the feature-film debut of the Ritz Brothers, who are in top form in their specialty numbers--and who are awarded a final curtain call after the "The End" title, just so the audience won't forget them (The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Fox's Lancer Spy [37]).
Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is opposed by a 'Good-Government' group that thinks her divorce makes her unfit for the job. This evolves into situations, happening in Florida, New England, Washington D.C., and the Adirondacks, such as the misunderstood husband trying to win back his wife, and the misunderstood wife trying to make her husband jealous, and one case of mistaken identity after another, after another.
In this slapstick comedy, Abbott and Costello find themselves in a series of hilarious situations as they try to hit the ice. From trick skis to a Murphy bed chase, their comedic antics keep everyone laughing.
A widow confesses she murdered her husband and kills two more people before her stepdaughter and an attorney prove her wrong.
Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader Barry Clayton on a train. To "show" him she takes a friend's advice, removes her glasses, and puts on a designer gown. Naturally, she becomes gorgeous. Soon, both Barry and crooner Jimmy Hale are after her, and she finds herself in the midst of triangles and misunderstandings.