The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom-$1 million for each of them. One of the wives, a diabetic, needs her insulin medication or she will soon die. One of the husbands refuses to pay his share of the ransom because he believes that his wife is having an affair with another man.
Tag: USA
Spoiled society girl Penny Cooper impulsively lends her voice to a Communist rally, which earns her a public spanking by 100% All-American waiter Alan Blake. Impressed by Blake’s boldness, Penny’s ulcerated father, soup tycoon Millburn Cooper, hires the young man as a vice-president, hoping in this way to keep his daughter in line.
A television adaptation of the play by Luigi Pirandello, which transposes the traditional theatrical setting to a television studio. As a group of actors prepare for a rehearsal of a TV adaptation of the Pirandello play – `The Rules of the game’ – six strangers mysteriously appear and confront the director and actors with a proposition that their story is more interesting than the play at hand.
During his senior year, a high-school student must deal with his girlfriend and parents, and make a difficult decision whether to do the safe thing and go to college or try for a glamorous baseball career.
A wealthy woman moves her niece to her estate and away from her niece’s jobless husband, who the aunt believes is a worthless bum. Through a misunderstanding, the husband is hired to work at the estate and complications ensue.
Linda Carter, a newspaper reporter, and Denny Butler, the feature editor on the same newspaper, set out to track down a gang of literary forgers who are making a fortune off of selling fake first editions.
Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Brer Rabbit to help little Johnny deal his confusion over his parents’ separation as well as his new life on the plantation. The tales: The Briar Patch, The Tar Baby and Brer Rabbit’s Laughing place.