Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

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Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force.

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When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does everything in his power to expose the truth.

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In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospital administrator who has perfected the art of bill padding, unnecessary surgery and kickbacks.

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A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

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Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.

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England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

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Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

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Dal romanzo Contro tutti (Badge of Evil) di Whit Masterson. In viaggio di nozze in California con la moglie americana (Leigh), Vargas (Heston), funzionario messicano della Commissione panamericana antidroga, si scontra con il capitano Hank Quinlan (Welles), ottimo poliziotto dall'etica dubbia perché si considera al di sopra della legge.

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A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.

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Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno.

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A dim-witted yet kind-hearted boxer, Terry Malloy, who failed to succeed unintentionally lures a man to his death after being tricked by a criminal called Johnny Friendly whose men pick of every man who has the courage to speak up to their crimes.

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A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.

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Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.

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A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.

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Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime organization, the Camorra, fear and corruption cause serious hindrances to the investigation by police authorities.

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Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator.

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A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.

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The film recounts the life of a young member of parliament who joins the Freemasons in order to relaunch his career.

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The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.

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