While investigating a young nun’s rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Tag: corruption
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Back in the USSR
A vacationing American and a sultry Russian thief lead police and smugglers on a deadly chase through Moscow.
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Ruby
Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.
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Batman Returns
Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds herself transformed into Catwoman and is out for revenge…
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Everyone Off to Jail
A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s reign. The reunion proves more raucous than the organizers intended.
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Beyond the Law
Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang’s leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far ‘beyond the law’ will Saxon go?
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Golden Balls
A libidinous construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances to build his dream project.
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On Deadly Ground
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil’s corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn’t care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it’s making money for him.
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The Hudsucker Proxy
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates — including an older prisoner named Red — for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.