The Maggie (1954), Roxie Hart (1942), Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Primal Fear (1996), The Strawberry Blonde (1941), Eye of the Needle (1981), Footsteps in the Fog (1955), The Gilded Lily (1935) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Duplicity movies.
Storyline: An old Scottish skipper (Alex Mackenzie) outwits a U.S. businessman (Paul Douglas) trying to back out of a cargo deal.
Plot Keywords: american, captain, first mate, sailor, boy, cheeky, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1927 Chicago, the body of a theatrical agent is found in the apartment of his client, would-be dancer Roxie Hart (Ginger Rogers), who lives with her husband, Amos. Convinced by two reporters that juries never convict pretty women and that she can garner fame by confessing, Roxie, who knows Amos is guilty, agrees. Amos hires snappy lawyer Billy Flynn (Adolphe Menjou) to stir publicity, and Roxie is a sensation. But when public interest flags, Roxie fears she might be convicted after all.
Plot Keywords: dancer, husband, reporter, lawyer, thief, foreman, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Monsieur Verdoux is a bluebeard, he marries women and kills them after the marriage to get the money he needs for his family. But with two ladies he has bad luck.
Plot Keywords: serial killer, wife, son, aristocratic lady, prostitute, amusing, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When a young man, Aaron, is charged with the horrific murder of Archbishop Rushman, hot-shot Chicago lawyer Martin Vail takes on his defense at no charge. Aaron was a homeless street kid before he was taken in by the Archbishop. He's shy and speaks with a stammer. Vail is convinced that Aaron is innocent but after discovering a video that shows Aaron may have had good reason to want the Archbishop dead, he begins to question that conclusion. When Aaron lashes out at the psychologist examining him another personality, Roy, is revealed. With the trial already underway, Vail cannot change Aaron plea and so has to find a way to introduce his client's condition. Aaron has something of a surprise for him as well.
Plot Keywords: attorney, altar boy, priest, psychiatrist, prisoner, suspenseful, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Biff Grimes is pugnacious but likable young man during the Gay 90's living with his ne'er-do-well father, noted for their scrappy personalities and quick tempers. Like every other young man in town, Biff has a crush on gorgeous and flirtatious 'strawberry blonde' Virginia Brush, who gets catcalls every time she walks past the all-male clientèle of the neighborhood barber shop. Biff is joined in his admiration by his friends, Nick Pappalis, an immigrant Greek barber, and Hugo Barnsfeld, an unscrupulously ambitious young man who doesn't let anything stand in the way of what he wants, including Virginia. Utilizing both fair means and foul Hugo sweeps Vrginia off her feet and frames Biff as the fall guy in a political graft schemee. However, every dog has his day, and eight years later Biff stands poised to take his revenge.—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: dentist, nurse, sweetheart, rival, father, love interest, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A German spy carrying information that will reveal the target of Operation Overlord becomes involved with the wife of a crippled man on an isolated island off the Scottish coast while he waits to be picked up.—Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
Plot Keywords: spy, wife, husband, intense, chilling, island, hideout ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: To his Victorian London friends, Stephen Lowry is a heartbroken widower. Only his housemaid Lily knows that far from dying of gastroenteritis his wife was slowly poisoned by her husband - information she is happy to use to improve her position in the household and to make sure she stays close to Stephen. As his own prospects improve with a business partnership and a romance more of his own class, Stephen decides that Lily must go. Unfortunately for him, his first attempt gives her even more of a hold over him.—J-26
Plot Keywords: employer, maid, businessman, daughter, barrister, sister, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: New York stenographer Marilyn David meets Englishman Charles Gray and they fall in love. But Charles leaves town and Marilyn discovers he is a duke's son and already engaged. Marilyn confides in her platonic friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who publicizes her as the 'No Girl' who refused nobility. So Marilyn cashes in on her unwelcome notoriety by becoming a cafe entertainer; in an unexpected way, she succeeds. But can she decide between her two loves?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: secretary, reporter, aristocrat, duke, fiancée, cheeky, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Trapped in a burning cabin by ex-cons Fulton and Howard, Roberts has his horse Silver drag him to safety. He then joins McCall and Hopkins as they go after Fulton, Howard, and their boss Cramer.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: marshal, convict, partner, friend, fiancée, saloon owner, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: "Candy" Johnson, a great crook of the Wild West, decides to find a town where he could become a big boss. To achieve this, he will need to conceal his true identity and not only pretend to be an honest man, but lead the struggle against the corrupt sheriff. No one in town realizes that the anti-corruption hero is just a greater crook himself. And there is only one person who is stronger than Johnson - a girl he is in love with.—Alexey (Moscow)
Plot Keywords: swindler, judge, daughter, old flame, housekeeper, partner, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Mesquiteers are supposedly losing cattle to a bear from the adjoining National park. But the culprits are the Dawson clan who kill the cattle and use Davey's pet bear to leave tracks. When Davey breaks his leg, they find a crutch mark along with the bear tracks and head after the Dawson's.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: cattle rancher, cattle rustler, park ranger, partner, stepson, crafty, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To forestall this, the British governor signs a treaty with the friendly, peace-loving ruler of Tokot, a key kingdom in the region, which is described as four days' march northward from Peshawar. Meanwhile, the king's son, Prince Azim, befriends Carruthers and a British drummer boy, Bill Holder, who teaches him how to play the instrument.—GusF
Plot Keywords: british soldier, ruler, prince, brother, benefactor, native, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and has not started his next book. Martha won a contest to illustrate the book and the first thing that happens is that Greg gets her soused. To keep her there to illustrate, John gets a juvenile delinquent named Danny to play his son and show how much pressure he is under. The ploy works at first, but Greg's heart was broken by Tillie, and Martha may be the girl who makes him forget all about her.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: author, illustrator, juvenile delinquent, publisher, widower, orphan, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A rich man asks a womanizing playboy to marry his daughter and make a grandson for him.
Plot Keywords: womanizer, oil baron, lawyer, father, fiancé, psychiatrist, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1690, years have passed since Captain Blood was pardoned by the Crown for his daring deeds against the Spanish on the Spanish Main, and he is living quietly on his plantation in the West Indies, practicing medicine and planning his marriage to Isabella. But his peaceful existence is shattered when Hilary Evans arrives and arrests him on a piracy charge. Somebody has been raiding the islands, and making it appear it was Captain Blood. In order to prove his innocence, Captain Blood has to sail again under the "Jolly Roger."—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: physician, fiancée, sea captain, pirate, first mate, military official, spirited ...
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