Posts Tagged ‘jewel-theft’

Terror by Night (1946)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Alan Mowbray | Dennis Hoey | Renee Godfrey | Frederick Worlock | Mary Forbes | Skelton Knaggs | Billy Bevan | Geoffrey Steele | Gilbert Allen | Harry Cording | Boyd Davis | Gerald Hamer | Leyland Hodgson
Directors: Roy William Neill
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Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by Carstairs’ mother, Lady Margaret. Believing the diamond will be stolen on a train trip from London to Edinburgh, Holmes deftly switches diamonds with Lady Margaret while in her compartment. Soon after, Roland is murdered and the fake diamond is stolen. Red herrings abound as Holmes, aided by Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, discover the murderer’s hiding place and deduce that long-time foe Moriarty’s henchman Colonel Sebastian Moran is somehow involved in the crime.

Femme Fatale (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: France
Actors: Rebecca Romijn | Antonio Banderas | Peter Coyote | Eriq Ebouaney | Edouard Montoute | Rie Rasmussen | Thierry Frémont | Gregg Henry | Fiona Curzon | Daniel Milgram | Jean-Marc Minéo | Jean Chatel | Stéphane Petit | Olivier Follet | Eva Darlan
Directors: Brian De Palma
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International con artist/thief Laure Ash helps pull off a diamond robbery in Cannes during the annual film festival. She double-crosses her partners-in-crime and makes off with the diamonds to Paris where she accidently assumes the identy of a distraught woman who commits suicide and then leaves the country. Seven years later, Laure (now called Lily Watts) re-surfaces as the wife of the new American ambassador to France where a certain Nicolas Barto, a Spanish photographer, takes her picture which sets the stage for a motion of events as the evil Laure resorts to low, underhanded means to protect her former identity by emotionally and financially destroying Nicolas while evading her former partners-in-crime still looking for her to reclaim the stolen diamonds.

The Marine (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: John Cena | Robert Patrick | Kelly Carlson | Anthony Ray Parker | Abigail Bianca | Jerome Ehlers | Manu Bennett | Damon Gibson | Drew Powell | Frank Carlopio | Firass Dirani | Remi Broadway | Steve Harman | Damien Bryson | Robert Coleby
Directors: John Bonito
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Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jet Li | DMX | Anthony Anderson | Kelly Hu | Tom Arnold | Mark Dacascos | Gabrielle Union | Michael Jace | Drag-On | Paige Hurd | Paolo Seganti | Richard Trapp | Ron Yuan | Woon Young Park | Johnny Nguyen
Directors: Andrzej Bartkowiak
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When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for priceless diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled urban thieves (DMX) forges an unlikely alliance with a Taiwanese Intelligence officer (Jet Li) to rescue her. Their race against the clock to find the precious stones ultimately unravels a plot to distribute a deadly new weapon of war.

Fish Called Wanda, A (1988)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: John Cleese | Jamie Lee Curtis | Kevin Kline | Michael Palin | Maria Aitken | Tom Georgeson | Patricia Hayes | Geoffrey Palmer | Cynthia Cleese | Mark Elwes | Neville Phillips | Peter Jonfield | Ken Campbell | Al Ashton | Roger Hume
Directors: Charles Crichton
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Sexy American diamonds lover Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plot alongside George and Ken the robbery of a diamond collection. Wanda and Otto want the stolen diamonds for themselves, and inform the police about George not knowing that he has already moved the diamonds to another secret place. Wanda thinks the best way to find out is by getting close to George’s lawyer - Archie Leach.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Jason Mewes | Ben Affleck | Jeff Anderson | Brian O'Halloran | Shannon Elizabeth | Eliza Dushku | Ali Larter | Jennifer Schwalbach Smith | Will Ferrell | Jason Lee | Judd Nelson | George Carlin | Carrie Fisher | Seann William Scott
Directors: Kevin Smith
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a tale of adventure on the open road. When Dante and Randal (of Clerks fame) get a restraining order to keep the punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate, Silent Bob, from selling drugs in front of the Quick Stop convenience store, their lives are suddenly empty. They find new purpose when their friend, Brodie, informs them a movie is being made featuring two infamous characters based on their likenesses. After visiting one of the creators of the Bluntman and Chronic, Holden McNeil, they set out to get what fat movie cash they deserve and hopefully put an end to people slandering them on the Internet. Along the way, they learn the rules of the road from a hitchhiking George Carlin, ride with a group of gorgeous jewel thieves, and incur the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal for liberating an orangutan named Suzanne. The quest takes them from New Jersey to Hollywood where a showdown involving the police, the jewel thieves, and the Bluntman and Chronic filmmakers will decide the fate of Suzanne, Jay, Silent Bob, and their good names.

Don’t Say a Word (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Michael Douglas | Sean Bean | Brittany Murphy | Skye McCole Bartusiak | Guy Torry | Jennifer Esposito | Shawn Doyle | Victor Argo | Conrad Goode | Paul Schulze | Lance Reddick | Famke Janssen | Oliver Platt | Aidan Devine | Alex Campbell
Directors: Gary Fleder
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A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick (Sean Bean), and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad (Michael Douglas) is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth (Brittany Murphy). Patrick immediately kidnaps Nathan’s daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him.