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- Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
- In December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.
- A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
- A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.
- A recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
- Two thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.
- A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
- After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
- The "Angels", a San Pedro motorcycle gang, parties in the Coachella Valley's Palm Springs Indian Canyons, California, and wreaks havoc with the local police.
- A lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.
- A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of a famed gunfighter, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
- A marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.
- A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications and many bloody shootouts ensue.
- Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.
- A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
- In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer.
- In a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the compassionate Elisabeth von Bernburg.
- A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur's fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for him and the maharajah's brother is scheming to usurp the throne.
- In the third of the Angélique series, the heroine is sent on a mission by King Louis XIV, and later finds herself the subject of rumors.
- In the first of the Angélique series, the beautiful feisty teenage heroine becomes entangled in a political assassination plot and is betrothed to a stranger who is twelve years her senior and a reputed sorcerer.
- Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love with a girl he meets at a ski resort, Marianne.
- Dr. Karl Sternau supports the Mexican national president Juarez against the army of Austrian Maximilian who have occupied the country. Karl and Juarez hope to fund their fight with the recently discovered, legendary treasure of the Aztecs.
- Holland. Spring 1945. Two armies face each other in the final confrontation of World War II. On the one hand are the powerful forces of the Allies, on the other, all that remains of the Third Reich. -Leigh Thomas
- Vienna in 1906: Frantz Lobheimer has just broken off the discrete love affair he was having with the baroness Eggersdorf, now that he's discovered true love with the young and tender Christine.
- In the fourth of the Angélique series, the heroine sets sail in hopes of discovering the truth about a man she once loved and lost.
- A bunch of high school graduates practice love with their classmates who have a lot of experience, because they spend their free time as escort ladies and therefore earn a lot of money.
- Crooked Captain Verdoja captures Sternau and tortures him to reveal the whereabouts of the Aztec treasure. At the same time scheming Count Rodriganda has got that information from the rightful heiress and enters the pyramid of the sun god.
- In Kurdistan Ahmed, the sheikh's son of Halef's Bedouin tribe, is captured by the Turkish governor's militia. Kara Ben Nemsi and Halef try to rescue him and re-meet Sir David Lindsay who is venturing to help a lady in distress.
- A Count and Countess, their love life losing luster, invite some people over.
- Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.
- What started as a simple blackmail, quickly devolves into a downward spiral of psychological and physical violence.
- In the fifth and final of the Angélique series, the beautiful heroine is sold into a sultan's harem.
- When a villain named "the Shoot" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules. Heroic Kara Ben Nemsi (Lex Barker), and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him
- A novice nun, Maria, is sent to care for the unruly children of a wealthy baron. The baron and Maria fall in love, Maria leaves the convent, and they marry. Under Maria's guidance the family becomes a nationally acclaimed singing group, but when the baron is commissioned to join the German army the family flees to the United States where they endeavor to become established as singers once again. Based upon the true story of the Von Trapp family.
- The aging scientist Faust is desperately in search of knowledge and insight, but without success. To escape from this ignorance, he dares the extreme: He joins forces with The Devil. Mephisto offers him eternal youth and the opportunity to seduce the virgin Gretchen.
- In the second of the Angélique series, the heroine joins a group of bandits, rescues her children, becomes a successful businesswoman, and once again becomes entangled in politics and matters of the heart.
- In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. Also, an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggler's business.
- The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
- When terrorists rob a bank all hell is let loose.
- Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces him to the existentialist circles of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Bob is invited to a party and becomes Clo's lover, a rich heiress.
- Hit-man Clint Harris has one more job to do before he can retire. He's to kill an ex-employee who has become a snitch for the police. At first Harris refuses, but when his brothers assassinated, he's forced to accept. He's assigned an assistant, whom he teaches the ropes as they pursue their prey. When a beautiful woman identifies the target, it turns out it's the wrong man. As bodies pile up as he wonders whom he can really trust.
- Renegade Indians, led by Yellow Hand, are being sold guns by Donaldson. Buffalo Bill is sent to stop the arms trading and avert an Indian war.
- Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series of brutal slayings by the Monster of London City has Scotland Yard baffled. In a macabre coincidence, a new play about the famous murderer is about to become a major West End hit... and the leading man is rapidly becoming the prime suspect!
- A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.
- The memoirs of Swedish doctor Axel Munthe. Munthe was a fashionable physician in Paris who built one of the best-loved houses in the world - San Michele - on the Isle of Capri, on the site of the villa of the emperor Tiberius.
- During World War I, Schweik (played by Heinz Rühmann) is drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army as soldier, where he is assigned to be an assistent to Lt. Lukas.
- The Countess de Saint-Fiacre, having received a terrible anonymous letter predicting her imminent death, summons Commissioner Maigret in the hope that he can protect her and save her from a secret ill-wisher.
- Willy goes to probate court, he had hoped for a good inheritance, but his uncle only left him a rust-bucket of a minibus. Willy (trumpet) and his friend Franz (slide trombone), are musicians with the Bambus (bamboo) Band. They are still planning to take their vacation trip to the south, to Trieste, Italy, and on to Yugoslavia, only now they will use their own minibus. Willy tells Franz, "under one condition: no women." Later, in the Bambus Bar, management holds a singing talent competition. Barbi Lothar wins 1st prize, Till Hartmann wins 2nd prize -- both prizes are the same: they each receive a voucher for a 14-day bus vacation trip to the south. Willy and Franz decide to take the winners with them on their vacation, in their own junk-heap of a minibus. Some friends of the winners join: Barbi insists she takes Harry with her as an escort, and Till will take his girlfriend Petra with him. Some band members also want to come along, too. And so this trip, originally for 2 persons, becomes a trip for 10 -- rather crowded for a small minibus, which will now be at full capacity. The next day, just as the minibus is ready to leave, secretary Wilma (a friend of Barbi) joins the travelers, as does her boss Mr. Ratsam (who wanted to drive south, but his car broke down). After driving a long time, the gang pulls into a park, and they meet Mr. & Mrs. Stolze, and their "underage" daughter Anja (who is just a few days away from her 21st birthday), who is unhappy because her parents have arranged for her to marry John, who is a nice enough guy, but very boring. Down the road, a big thunderstorm makes the group break into a huge bush-hut (the size of a barn) at night, and they play their musical instruments and dance. They play some lively dance numbers, like "When the Saints Come Marching In," rather loud. An indignant policeman, upset by their disturbing the peace, shows up and tells them to leave at once. Anja, running away from home in a car she borrowed, catches up to the minibus and joins the gang. Harry's father Walter is worried that his son is traveling with so many young women, since he actually wants to couple him with the manufacturer's daughter Gina. In Trieste, eventually Harry falls in love with Gina. After some chaos, Anja's parents are happy to get rid of the fiance John, and agree to let Anja date Franz. Love is in the air, and the following lovers pair off: Willy & Barbi, Till & Petra, Mr. Ratsam & Wilma.
- Dr. Hermann Seidel is an authoritarian teacher at a small town high school.After the dislocation to a big town school, he sees himself and his concept of education, put to a severe test.
- A German journalist tries to track down his friend's murderer in Hong Kong and comes across a dubious gangster organization.