A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt Clara. Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments, but complications ensue when she visits the crooked gambling den--just as it's being raided by the police.
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
A car salesman journeys to France and encounters an apparently lonely woman. He immediately begins to successfully woo her only to learn that she is actually a baron's wife.
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house.
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films.
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine.
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Aunt Clara (1954) Margaret Rutherford Ronald Shiner 72 hours ONLY!
Margaret Rutherford & Ronald Shiner co-star in this slightly quirky comedy about an elderly spinster who finds her life turned slightly upside down when she ...
AUNT CLARA (1954) (Margaret Rutherford) English
Clara Hilton is a shrewd kindly old lady mostly ignored by the rest of her family. When her cantankerous uncle Simon dies he unexpectedly leaves her the bulk ...
Oscar Winner Margaret Rutherford Plays Brothel Owner - Aunt Clara (1954)
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The Opening Scenes to Aunt Clara.
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