Movies and TvShows featuring "train-porter" theme.
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.
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.
Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly makes a shambles of a real estate deal his oldest daughter, Ethel is working on, almost wrecks her romance with Captain Tom Drayson, and gets involved in a game with a pool shark in an effort to raise the remaining $75 of the $6,750 needed (that they didn't have) by the Wakefield Lodge to host the national convention of the Noblest Romans.
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister fires his secretary, Miss Tracy, just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check "girl" known as Mother Hodges; Avery Jamieson, a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don't let Terry make any test flights.
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?
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.
18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice training, but she is pursuing Major Hilary Jarret, an Army surgeon with whom she has become infatuated. Her departure depresses her childhood friend Jimmy Plum. Dr. Plum devises an errand on which to send his love-sick son to New York, where Jimmy discovers Angela thinks she is Jarret's fiancée. Jimmy also renews acquaintances with a group of show people, including Sally McGuire, who attempts to console him. Jimmy meets Jarret's divorced wife, Harriet, famed photographer. Jimmy engineers a meeting of Jarret and Harriet with Angela present, which forms the beginning of an understanding that Jarret is not for her. Jimmy is inducted into the Army.
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...
In 'Time Table (1956)', a fake doctor becomes embroiled in a train robbery after being blackmailed by a rogue cop. As he navigates a romantic triangle and tries to avoid being caught, he must also deal with corruption and murder. This film noir explores themes of deception and the dark underbelly of society.
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.
A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
A widow confesses she murdered her husband and kills two more people before her stepdaughter and an attorney prove her wrong.