Charles McClelland

Professor Pierre Ginsberg is having wife trouble and, on the advice of his lawyer, sets out to wear her down with kindness; she wants constant entertainment his lawyer promises him that a month of dancing and entertainment will eventually kill her or, at least, calm her down some. The exact opposite happens and Professor Ginsberg stands a good chance of dying himself. He manages to sing a song, in the best Willie Howard style, along the way.

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

A Psycho stalks the streets of Greenwich Village, killing and cutting off their hair!

La veille de Noël, Nick Bianco (dont le père avait été tué par la police) attaque une bijouterie avec deux complices. Mais le braquage échoue et Nick, blessé, est arrêté. Comme il refuse de « donner » ses complices, il est condamné à vingt ans de prison. En prison il apprend le suicide de sa femme et décide de parler afin de sortir de prison et aider ses deux filles. Le milieu soupçonne Rizzo d'être un mouchard et charge un criminel psychopathe (Tommy Udo) de l'assassiner. Udo, ne trouvant pas Rizzo, assassine la mère de ce dernier en poussant son fauteuil roulant dans l'escalier. Udo est dénoncé par Nick. Mais grâce à son avocat, Udo est remis en liberté. Après avoir mis ses proches à l'abri, Nick décide d'affronter Udo.

Calvin Cambridge, un adolescent orphelin de quatorze ans, rêve de devenir un basketteur professionnel. Mais sa petite taille lui pose quelques problèmes. Un jour, il découvre une vieille paire de baskets portant les initiales "M.J.". Lorsqu'il les met, il devient un véritable champion et rivalise avec les plus grands.

As a kid, Leo thought he possessed, like a magician, the secret power to make things happen. As a young man, he certainly knows how to make things happen with women. But as his best friend Krantz would say to him, "Why do you always ask questions you already know answers to?" Leo believes firmly in what he invents from one day to the next. Images, impressions, stories fill his head. That's just how he is: life, for Leo, is just a game. Behind this childlike attitude, hides the very essence of his own life's quest.