El James, un expert de les finances, és víctima d'una trampa i el condemnen a deu anys de presó pels delictes de frau i malversació. Abans d'anar a la presó, té un mes per fer-se un home dur i sortir-ne viu. I també per investigar qui li ha fet la mala passada i demostrar que és innocent. L'ajudarà el Darnell, l'home que li renta el cotxe i un suposat expert en el món de la delinqüència.
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Frank Tassone, un dels superintendents més destacats del districte escolar de Roslyn, viu per a assegurar-se que l'educació dels alumnes sigui la millor que aquests puguin rebre. Tanmateix, de manera paral·lela, també es lucra amb els fons públics per a viure una vida plena de luxes.
A la petita comunitat de Carthage, Texas, el subdirector de la funerària Bernie Tiede era un dels més estimats residents. Cantava al cor de l'església, participava activament a la companyia de teatre local i sempre estava disposat a donar un cop de mà a algú. Tothom apreciava en Bernie i ningú es va sorprendre quan es va fer amic de Marjorie Nugent, una vídua tan rica com malcarada. Bernie l'acompanyava en els seus viatges, li administrava els medicaments i li gestionava els diners. A poc a poc, les exigències de la possessiva Marjorie es van anar incrementant. Fins que un bon dia la Marjorie va desaparèixer.
Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.
1900. Els germans Hubbard, Ben, Oscar i Regina, una família benestant del profund Sud dels Estats Units, tenen l'oportunitat d'engegar una fàbrica de cotó que els farà immensament rics amb un soci de Chicago. Per formalitzar el tracte necessiten una important suma de diners que ha d'aportar Horace, banquer local de salut delicada i marit de Regina. La cobejosa i egoista Regina no tindrà escrúpols en utilitzar la manipulació i el xantatge contra els dubtes del marit i l'ambició dels altres germans. De mica en mica, la innocent filla d'Horace i Regina prendrà consciència de l'enviliment de la seva família.
An unambitious office worker goes to great lengths—specifically 26.2 miles—to one up his exercise-obsessed, micromanaging boss.
David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. Despite the overbearing surveillance, double-crossing acquaintances, and growing media interest, David remains defiant and will not apologise. With the court case drawing ever nearer, does David have any hope of winning this battle against Goliath?
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
Un drama social que retrata la hipocresia i la injustícia de la societat japonesa en el seu tracte cap a les dones.
Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
The honest and meticulous cashier, Savvas, works in a business and is often pressured by his wife’s siblings to embezzle money from his job and lend it to them. When his manager, leaving on a trip, entrusts him with a million drachmas without a receipt, Savvas succumbs to the pressure and gives some of the money to his brother-in-law. In the end, however, an unexpected development awaits Savvas, since his manager is killed in an airplane crash and he has to decide what to do with the money.
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
Melissa Gilbert stars in this film adaptation of Danielle Steel's bestselling novel, in which a young girl named Pip and her mother meet an artist on the beach in Safe Harbour, where they have retreated in order to recover from the devastating loss of Pip's father and brother.
Mild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors are chosen to serve on the case, including Eddie, a waiter; Rita, a high-priced call girl; Phil, a high-powered businessman; and Abby, a rabble rousing ex-hippie. When the star witness, the voluptuous Hope Hathaway, takes the stand, she startles everyone with her stories of Sanford's Lothario-esque conquests. Suddenly, the unassuming Sanford is a celebrity heartthrob and he finds himself in headlines and gossip columns across the country. Due to the case's growing notoriety, the judge sequesters the jury. And things start to get wild...
The story of Vincent Lacroix, a businessman convicted of defrauding thousands of investors and embezzling over $130 million in mid-2000s Quebec, Canada. Inspector and auditor Éric Asselin is mandated to monitor the activities of the Norbourg firm. Literally fascinated by the audacity of Vincent Lacroix, the investigator leaves his post and becomes his right hand man. Norbourg then thwarts the investigations and checks by embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars. But the party can't last forever when the company is surrounded from all sides.