After unlikely supermodel Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters) is killed, Steve Christopher (Elliott Reid), the press agent who was responsible for her wild popularity and success, is falsely accused of her murder. The lead detective knows the identity of the killer, but continues to blame Steve out of jealousy, as he was madly in love with the late beauty. With the help of Vicki's sister Jill (Jeanne Crain), Steve must prove his innocence before it's too late.
After unlikely supermodel Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters) is killed, Steve Christopher (Elliott Reid), the press agent who was responsible for her wild popularity and success, is falsely accused of her murder. The lead detective knows the identity of the killer, but continues to blame Steve out of jealousy, as he was madly in love with the late beauty. With the help of Vicki's sister Jill (Jeanne Crain), Steve must prove his innocence before it's too late.
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise (James Woods) offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward). Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her; but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.
A tough cop (Jason Statham) goes after a serial killer who targets police officers.
Corrupt National Security Agency official Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight) has a congressman assassinated to assure the passage of expansive new surveillance legislation. When a videotape of the murder ends up in the hands of Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith), a labor lawyer and dedicated family man, he is framed for murder. With the help of ex-intelligence agent Edward "Brill" Lyle (Gene Hackman), Dean attempts to throw Reynolds off his trail and prove his innocence.
Londoner Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary (Gene Tierney), becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan. His latest ploy, promoting an aging Greek wrestler, goes awry when the wrestler dies and everyone points the finger at Harry. Hiding out in a riverfront barge, Harry sees his grand ambitions spiral into a nightmare of fear and desperation as the underworld closes in.
When rival crook Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) hatches a plan to rob a card game run by mob lackey Markie (Ray Liotta), he picks a low-rent thug named Frankie (Scoot McNairy) to do the job. Frankie picks a less-than-ideal partner (Ben Mendelsohn) to help him, but despite their combined incompetence, they manage to make off with the mob's money. In retaliation, Markie's bosses hire Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), a mob enforcer, to eradicate those responsible.
After World War I, friends Eddie (James Cagney), George (Humphrey Bogart) and Lloyd (Jeffrey Lynn) return to America with ambitions for the future. Lloyd becomes a lawyer, but Eddie can only find work as a cab driver and eventually falls into the bootlegging business. Eddie and George become partners in crime, but the stock market crash destroys their operation and turns the old friends against each other, while Eddie falls in love with Lloyd's girlfriend, Jean (Priscilla Lane).
In the nation of Nazir, an ex-convict returns home to a cynical world that is more imprisoning than the one he left.
Se relata un caso de feminicidio en México, basado en historias reales.