Beauty contest winner Patricia Knight's one bid for screen stardom was Columbia's Shockproof. Knight plays Jenny Wright, a convicted murderess paroled in the care of probation officer Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde). What begins as an aloof professional relationship eventually blossoms into romance. The fly in the ointment is shady Harry Wesson (John Baragrey), the gambler who inveigled Jenny into committing murder. The girl is torn between creature comforts offered her by Wesson and the promise of a clean life offered by Griff. This early Douglas Sirk effort contains a smattering of the stylistic touches which distinguished his later work.The screenplay was written by famed director Samuel Fuller, known for his gritty realism and hard-boiled style. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
20世纪30年代的德国柏林,纳粹势力正在兴起。美国女艺人Sally(丽莎·明奈利 Liza Minnelli 饰)是一家俱乐部的舞女,非常受欢迎。刚刚来到柏林的英国男教师Brian Roberts(麦克尔·约克 Michael York 饰)碰巧成了Sally的室友,他 以教英语来养活自己。Sally诱惑Brian没有成功,于是怀疑他是个男同性恋者。Sally和她的一个朋友Max(赫尔穆特·格里姆 Helmut Griem饰)发生了关系,后来她发现,Robert也和Max发生过关系。另一边,一个犹太人Fritz爱上了Robert学生Natalia,一个有钱的犹太小姐。为了和Natalia在一起,他从一个基督教徒转变成犹太教徒。Sally怀孕了,但她却不知道孩子是Robert还是Max的。纳粹在德国的势力越来越盛,Robert决定带Sally回英国.....
本片根据英国作家狄更斯1838年的名著《雾都孤儿》改编。 孤儿奥利弗(巴尼•克拉克 Barney Clark 饰)由教会抚养长大,9岁时被送去童工厂拣填絮,后被卖给棺材铺当学徒,屡受欺侮。奥利弗从棺材铺逃跑,步行七十英里到达伦敦,遇见小偷“机灵鬼”(哈利•伊登 Harry Eden 饰),并被收入犹太老头费金(本•金斯利 Ben Kinsley 饰)的盗窃团伙。奥利弗第一次出徒便被诬陷偷窃布朗罗先生(爱德华•哈德威克 Edward Hardwicke饰)的丝帕,并被打昏在地。被好心的布朗罗先生带回家收养,却在替布朗罗先生跑差途中被费金的同僚比尔(杰米•福尔曼 Jamie Foreman饰)抓获。比尔逼迫奥利弗协助他与同伙托比(马克•斯特朗 Mark Strong 饰)入夜行窃布朗罗先生家。小奥利弗不从,眼看命在旦夕……
Though Delluc's career was short-lived, it burst vigorously(7 films in 4 years)that it forever left its imprint on french cinema history, and they rightly honoured him by giving the annual Prix Delluc to the best French film of the year. He was responsible for the creation of influential cinema journals like Le Journal du Ciné-Club and Cinéa, founding numerous film societies, writing countless articles and coining the term cineaste. Delluc believed that films should be set in the natural without elaborate posturing, and characters should be portrayed in an intimate way where the past and present, illusion and reality can be correlated, all considered to be avant-garde at its time. He died only a few weeks after the shooting of The Flood at the age of 33.