Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
World for Ransom
World for Ransom

World for Ransom

He was lured kiss-by-kiss into an incredible plot to destroy the world!

Genres

DramaActionThriller

OverView

In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

82 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

31 January 1954

Country

United States of America

Cast

Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea

Mike Callahan / Corrigan

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Alexis Pederas

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Julian March

Reginald Denny

Reginald Denny

Major Ian Bone

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Governor Sir Charles Coutts

Marian Carr

Marian Carr

Frennessey March

Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields

Sean O'Connor

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Insp. McCollum

Carmen D'Antonio

Carmen D'Antonio

Dancer

Keye Luke

Keye Luke

Wong

Clarence Lung

Clarence Lung

Johnny Chan

Lou Nova

Lou Nova

Guzik

Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Spencer Chan

Spencer Chan

Herschel Graham

Herschel Graham

Club Patron (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

Stuart Hall

Military Officer (uncredited)

George Hoagland

George Hoagland

Gustave Lax

Gustave Lax

Strother Martin

Strother Martin

Beal Wong

Beal Wong

Similar Movies

7.3

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

May 2007 •English

Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann join forces with the revived Captain Barbossa to free Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' locker. The group must navigate dangerous waters, confront many foes and, ultimately, choose sides in a battle wherein piracy itself hangs in the balance.

0.0

Open Wounds

Invalid date •English

At fading indie horror studio, its owner Jefferson, and his nephew Caleb, a young horror movie obsessive and aspiring makeup artist, finally gets his “little break” when Jefferson assigns him to work on a B-list movie about a vampire. There, he encounters another makeup artist, Ginni, with whom he feels he can share his vulnerabilities, as well as an unsupportive rival, Todd.

8.0

Terror Of The Killer Carnivorous Coat

October 2011 •English

A group of friends struggle for survival as they are faced with the ancient, demonic evil of - the killer carnivorous coat.

5.2

The VelociPastor

September 2018 •English

After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a prostitute convinces him to fight crime. And ninjas.

4.6

3 Wicked Witches

January 2014 •English

When three best friends from college reunite for their 25th year reunion, revenge becomes the order of day. A possessed clown doll is sent on a mission of murder to the local frat house…

0.0

Medium Rare

November 1991 •English

Singapore's first full-length English language film, released in local cinemas in November 1991. Loosely based on the Adrian Lim ritual murders in the early 1980s, the film was shot and produced in Singapore. It was the debut filmmaking effort for its executive producer, Errol Pang, and it has been credited with reawakening Singapore's local film scene. In the movie's ending, the main character based on Adrian Lim escapes from prison and runs into an incoming truck, where Satan catches him and subjects him to eternal torture – this was said to be added to suggest to the audience that crime does not pay.

5.7

Subway in the Sky

November 1959 •English

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

5.0

My Magic

May 2008 •Tamil

A single dad looks to give up drinking and his bartender job in order to impress his son and find work as a magician.

6.0

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

September 1959 •English

Career criminals and a local youth carefully plan and rehearse the robbery of a Missouri bank.

3.8

Acting on Impulse

July 1993 •English

An erotic thriller actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a B-movie producer, leading her to hide out and engage in sexual thrills with a pair of innocents.

4.1

Barb Wire

May 1996 •English

A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood, who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.

6.2

Seven Swords

July 2005 •Chinese

In the 17th century, seven swordsmen join their forces to save the villagers from a manipulating General who bans martial arts.

6.2

Don’t Cry, Butterfly

January 2025 •Vietnamese

Tam, a diligent wedding venue staffer, discovers her husband’s affair on live TV. Rather than confronting him, she enlists a powerful spell master to win back his love. Tam’s daughter, Ha, pours her frustration into vivid fantasies of a brighter future abroad. Meanwhile, a mysterious House Spirit, visible only to the women, lurks beneath their cracked, leaky ceiling.

6.6

Singapore Woman

May 1941 •English

A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.

8.1

In the Mood for Love

September 2000 •

In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.

0.0

The VelociPastor 2

Invalid date •English

The perfect movie DOES exist! Doug and Carol travel to the port city of Milan, where they have to solve a series of murders committed by a masked slasher at an Italian Fertility Festival. And Soviet Spies. INTERPOL’s there, too.

4.9

The Tattooist

November 2007 •English

American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a thoughtless act, unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit. In his devastating journey into Pacific mysticism, Jake must find a way to save his new love, Sina and recover his own soul.

6.0

The Spellbinder

July 1939 •English

Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?

4.9

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

June 2001 •English

The second coming is upon us, and Jesus has returned to earth. But before he can get down to the serious business of judging the living and the dead, he has to contend with an army of vampires that can walk in the daylight.

4.2

Rampage

June 1986 •Turkish

A Turkish commando must infiltrate and capture a group of terrorists living in the mountains.