The film's prologue involves the death of an Irish commandant during the Irish War of Independence, who is shot by the Black and Tans. The film then skips forward a few decades, to the unveiling of a statue commemorating the war hero. When an Englishman arrives to settle in Ireland, the locals distrust him and soon blame him for the statue's destruction.
Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father. Rumor has it that her father may have been murdered by Erik Bland, son of her father's partner and her one-time lover. Duncan and Erik find themselves on rival whaleboats and, ultimately, on an ice floe.
The homicidal maniac,who is strangling young women in London's West Side, is being sought by both Scotland Yard and a young reporter/writer, Penny Sutton. She had found one of the murder victims and had set out to get the story for both her newspaper, and for the thriller yarns she writes. The trail leads to an eccentric millionaire living under an assumed name. Penny uncovers ...
在立志成为画家之前,梵高(柯克·道格拉斯 Kirk Douglas 饰)曾经是画廊里颇有前途的售画员,经过几次情感失败之后,他开始尝试成为一名画家。梵高悲天悯人的性格让他能与贫穷矿工们和谐相处,用画笔描绘他们的悲惨生活。他的画奔放热情、情感肆意,但却得不到主流画坛的欣赏。梵高邀请当时正崛起的印象派画家高更(安东尼·奎恩 Anthony Quinn 饰)一同去法国南方作画。多年来,弟弟提奥一直在经济上支持梵高,甚至为他资助高更去南方的所有费用。刚开始两人其乐融融,一起创作了很多高水准的作品,但因两人的个性互不相容,逐渐产生激烈争吵。高更试图离开,梵高为此精神受打击,试图持刀威胁高更,高更仓皇而逃,梵高最终自残割下了自己的耳朵。孤独、贫困的梵高受精神病所折磨,几度进入病院疗养。而他始终没有停止绘画,一直在等待大众的赏识,最终精神崩毁,开枪结束了生命。
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丹麦王子哈姆雷特(劳伦斯·奥利弗 Laurence Olivier 饰)的父王某日在花园中离奇死亡,国王的弟弟克劳迪亚斯登上了王位,并娶原王妃即哈姆雷特的母亲为妻。父亲的突然离世,加上母亲的改嫁,使哈姆雷特终日郁郁寡欢。
一天哈姆雷特的好友霍拉旭告诉他,每到子夜时分,城堡高台上会出现一个悲愤抑郁的鬼魂。哈姆雷特便在半夜里来到高台上,与父亲的幽魂相会,他从鬼魂口中得知父王为现任国王克劳迪亚斯所杀。鬼魂要求哈姆雷特向那个篡夺王位、霸占王妃的凶手复仇。背负了复仇任务的哈姆雷特决定用假装发疯的办法来掩饰自己,以窥探克劳迪亚斯的一举一动。然而优柔寡断的他迟迟没有动手杀死叔父,正当他犹豫不决时,一个戏班来到了宫廷。他就安排了一场戏,将国王被害一幕以戏剧形式表演出来。国王和王后的反应,让他证实了这场宫廷阴谋……
A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.