It opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon apprehended and sent to prison for ten years but the money is not recovered. Flash forward to 1936 when all three men have been released from prison and are about to be deported back to where they came from via the Deportation department at Ellis Island. They arrive by the ferry boat and already on hand to bid them adieu, and possibly learn where they stashed the missing money, is gang leader Dude and his three henchmen, Nails, Moxie and Bugs, and also Kendrich's niece Betty Parker there to bid old Uncle Ted a fond goodbye. Also on Ellis Island is a crook called Solo, who has an upper hand as he has stolen the credentials of a Treasury Agent named Peter James and has access to the prisoners, and has cut a deal with Kendrichs to get him off of Ellis Island.
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
A criminal from south Tel-Aviv is released from prison to a new reality, his girlfriend left him for his mafia's boss, and his friends think he's an informer.
A detective is called in at the dead of night to investigate a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. Slowly, he begins to realise something far more insidious may be afoot.
When a gang of ruthless child traffickers begins to abduct the children in town, Juan Cantu (Angel Negrete) must join forces with a retired bounty hunter to bring the vicious criminals to justice.
Two brothers tragically separated after a destructive childhood accident - one becoming a relentless police officer, the other a rising crime leader - are on collision to reunite, as family loyalties are challenged and fates align during a major arms deal in Los Angeles.
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Ellis Island (1936)
Ten years ago a group of daring bank robbers get away with millions of dollars. They got caught but the money was never recovered. In 1936 they are all ...
Ellis Island Closes (November 12) | This Day in History #32
On This Day In History Ellis Island the gateway to America for millions of immigrants closed for business. Learn about the symbol of immigration to America in ...
July 24 1903 New York - Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island (Restored with added sound)
Fixed up the footage and added in sound ambience. This is various emmigrants arriving in New York City/Jersey Ellis Island on July 24 1903. Best quality ...
Ellis Island: 125 anni fa il primo sbarco
Era il primo giorno dell'anno 1892 ed era una fredda domenica d'inverno quando la "migrante" zero entrò negli Stati Uniti attraverso la Porta d'Oro di Ellis ...
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Hoping to rid a small western community of its corrupt political machine, Ken Marshall (Ken Maynard) runs for sheriff against the bad guys' candidate and wins the election.
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers her dashing aviator sweetheart, Dan Bailey and and her munitions-producing father, E.
This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the "first step").