The Grip of Iron is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Bert Haldane and starring George Foley, Malvina Longfellow and James Lindsay. It was based on a play of the same title by Arthur Shirley, which was in turn based on a novel by Adolphe Belot. A Parisian lawyer's clerk robs and strangles a series of victims in order to fund his daughter's extravagant lifestyle.
Directed byAsit Sen GenresDrama, Musical, Crime ActorsSanjeev Kumar, Zaheeda Hussain, Parikshit Sahni, Tarun Bose, Aruna Irani, Mukri Rating74% The events depicted in the film take place on a single night and results in several characters sharing their life stories. It is a fascinating depiction of some of the challenges faced by the poor and by women in Indian society, some of which continue to this day.
, 1h43 Directed byHenry Hathaway OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western ActorsDean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Yaphet Kotto, Katherine Justice Rating63% In 1880, a gambler in the small town of Rincon, just outside of Denver, Colorado, is caught cheating at a five-card stud poker game. The players led by the volatile Nick Evers take the cheating gambler to hang him. One of the players, Van Morgan, tries to prevent the others from administering frontier justice, but is unable to stop the man's lynching. Morgan leaves town, but later returns when he hears that a couple of the other players from that ill-fated game have become victims of grisly murders.
, 1h44 OriginPakistan GenresDrama, Science fiction, Horror, Crime ThemesFilms about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film ActorsHabib, Deeba, Sheela, Rangeela Rating51% L'action ne se déroule pas au XIX siècle, mais vers la fin des années 1960. Dans son laboratoire, le Dr. Tabani pense avoir découvert la formule de la vie éternelle. Mais l'expérience le transforme en vampire. À la nuit tombée, Tabani part s’abreuver du sang de ses victimes, seul élixir ayant le pouvoir de le rendre éternel.