Dial M for Murder (1954), Libeled Lady (1936), Suspicion (1941), A New Leaf (1971), The Young in Heart (1938), How the West Was Won (1962), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), The Mummy (1999) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Fortune Hunter movies.
Storyline: A charming, smooth-talking gambler calling himself Chris Hale arrives in Ashton, home of the Corelli shoe factory. Claiming to have lived there as a boy, he soon ingratiates himself with the townspeople... including attractive heiress Elaine Corelli, wheelchair-bound since a recent accident. Chris, hoping to leave crime behind, seems to have excellent prospects; but of course, his past catches up with him...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: ohio, father daughter relationship, small town, fortune hunter, assumed identity, on the lam, homosexual subtext ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Former millionaire B.J. Nolan is useless with money, having lost most of his fortune on crazy schemes. His son, Kenneth, has the opposite problem thanks to good sense and a large inheritance bequeathed by his mother. In order to raise the cash for a housing project, B.J. enlists the help of young architect Virginia Travis to con the money out of Kenneth. At the same time Kenneth is being pursued by a pair of small-time hucksters and chaos results when they all end up in staying in B.J.'s house.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: screwball comedy, fainting, drunkenness, dress, deception, contract, check ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor party revelry to find he's been turned invisible by eccentric college professor Reginald Shotesbury. An unbelievable series of events is revealed by several witnesses testifying in a "mystery trial" to determine the reason for DeHaven's "disappearance".—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Plot Keywords: invisible man, jail, fortune hunter, courtroom, african american, practical joke, monkey ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Rita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Following various comic misunderstandings, the two meet and fall for each other, but will lose their chance at happiness unless destiny calls.—Anthony Federio
Plot Keywords: deception, millionaire, marriage proposal, lawyer, immigration, fugitive, fortune hunter ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Max Clemington (Robert Cummings) and his father are both looking to marry wealthy women. The task would be far easier if either one of them had any money of their own. Max decides on Martha Gray (Ruth Hussey), but Martha says no when he says that he is poor as she admits she is also. So she accepts the proposal of Sir George Kelvin (Reginald Owen), but changes her mind by the next day. When Florian Clemington (Nigel Bruce) tries to win money gambling for Max's wedding, he loses a bundle. When Max finds out about the debt, he decides to marry the wealthy Lady Joan Culver (Dame Judith Anderson) to keep Florian out of jail. But Max is not in love with Lady Joan.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: based on play, chase, marriage proposal, american, london england, fortune hunter, wager ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Merricat, Constance and their Uncle Julian live in isolation after experiencing a family tragedy six years earlier. When cousin Charles arrives to steal the family fortune, he also threatens a dark secret they've been hiding.
Plot Keywords: teenage girl, incestuous relationship, sister, big breasts, cat, madness, drinking milk ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Texas heiress Mary 'Mame' Carson strikes oil twice in one day, and her wealth scares away her fiance; so she decides to take a boat trip incognito to Paris and snare a husband using only her own abundant natural charms. To this end, she switches identities with model Myrtle Brown, and sets sail with her bosom pal Annie...and French revue star Pierre DuQuesne, who has been hired to keep a watchful eye on "Mary Carson" a perfect setup for Musical Comedy Misunderstandings.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: 3d, heiress, texas, cruise, 3 dimensional, musical number, identity swap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A megalomaniac C.E.O. sends his son into the dangerous African Congo on a quest for a source of diamonds large enough and pure enough to function as powerful laser communications transmitters (or is it laser weapons?). When contact is lost with his son and the team, his sometime daughter- in-law is sent after them. She is a former CIA operative and, accompanied by gee-whiz gadgetry and a few eccentric characters (including a mercenary, a researcher with a talking gorilla, and a a nutty Indiana-Jones-type looking for King Solomon's Mines), sets out to rescue her former fiancé. What they all discover is that often what we most want turns out to be the source of our downfall.
Plot Keywords: gorilla, diamond, ape, simian fiction, studio logo segues into film, sign language, country name in title ...
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