Torchy Blane in Panama

Team America: World Police

October 2004 •English

When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed, highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which has recruited troubled Broadway actor Gary Johnston, not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's 'policing the world' tactics.

Crazy Power

March 2019 •Spanish

Ermisendo, a young man who lives in a forgotten indigenous region, discovers that his biological father is the presidential candidate Juan Carlos Kelqueyec. Through Ermisendo, Kelqueyec will try to sympathize with the people and win in the polls.

Frozen in Russia

May 2018 •Spanish

The dream of Panama is to qualify for the World Cup. Jamel, a big fan of the national team, is depressed after a 4-0 loss to the United States. When making a promise to the Black Christ of Portobelo, Jamel goes towards Russia. On his arrival, he meets a compatriot who helps him in the adaptation of the new culture and thus fulfills the promise made to the saint.

Érase una vez en Panamá

March 2024 •Spanish

Ermisendo, a janitor who opens the door for his boss Domingo, is unjustly accused of the largest fentanyl theft in the history of Panama.

Basic

April 2003 •English

When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.

Shadows

April 2021 •Spanish

A veteran judge is nominated to the Supreme Court, sparking a fierce battle between opposing sides. As his past comes under scrutiny, accusations and rumors threaten to change everything.

The Panama Papers

October 2018 •English

A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.

Chacaleria

April 2024 •Spanish

Chacaleria is a crime film about Antonia, a self-made entrepreneur who, after losing her livelihood to the COVID-19 pandemic, wants to secure her financial future by selling and distributing alcohol illegally using a drone during Panama's nationally mandated dry law. This becomes increasingly difficult when Ronny, a by the book cop, who is forced to be corrupt, catches Antonia in the act and blackmails her into robbing a bank.

El Cheque: La Película

April 2016 •Spanish

Charlie Chan in Panama

March 1940 •English

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.

Chance

January 2009 •Spanish

The story of Toña and Paquita, the housekeepers for the aristocratic González-Dubois family. These domestic employees have been mistreated for quite some time and they are tired of their situation. So when the family plans a shopping trip to Miami, the maids have a plan of their own; to take control of the mansion. Unexpectedly, they will also discover a family secret.

Presidential Sancocho

January 2022 •Spanish

A satire of some events in Panamanian politics.

Tumbadores

January 2024 •Spanish

The story is about Manuela, the daughter of a drug trafficker who plans a tumbe against the cartel where her own father works, unleashing a war between narcos and tumbadores.

Donaire y Esplendor

September 2017 •Spanish

In the traditional carnival of the small town called Las Tablas, there are two rival streets: Up Street and Down Street. A young couple, after an unexpected encounter at the airport, fall hopelessly in love.

Smart Blonde

January 1937 •English

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

Blondes at Work

February 1938 •English

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.

Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite

August 1939 •English

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

The Adventurous Blonde

November 1937 •English

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.

Torchy Gets Her Man

November 1938 •English

A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

February 1939 •English

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.