A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat mentally challenged young man who wants to win bodybuilding championships, but needs some help and direction--and the promoter thinks he's just the one to do it.

Muscle Beach was shown in competition at Cannes in 1949 and won a prize at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1951. The short became a cult favorite, screening at film clubs around the world. Strick used an army surplus movie camera to shoot the film during weekends in the fall of 1948. The songs in “Muscle Beach,” composed and sung by political folk singer Earl Robinson, with lyrics by screenwriter and poet Edwin Rolfe, accent the film’s three-movement structure as it transitions between soaring gymnastics shows, flirty beachgoers and children playing near the now-demolished pier at Ocean Park. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

A veteran bowling hustler tries to teach a young hotshot the finer points of playing the game for money.

A team of contestants must work together to answer questions worth $10,000 each. But one member of the group has been given the answers in advance, and that person—"The Hustler"—will win the entire pool of the money if they are able to keep their identity a secret.

Danny Duggan runs a failing building contractors, and resorts to sub-gangster thuggery to keep the business afloat. However, with the bottom falling out of the building game, Duggan finds that playing at gangster is only fun when you're on the winning side.

Upon leaving prison, Brazilian Jonathan discovers that his ex-fiancee has disappeared, leaving behind a six-year-old son. The unlikely duo venture into New York's dangerous underworld of illegal immigration in a desperate attempt to find her

一座濒临疯狂边缘的城市：一名牛郎再也找不到回家的路，但在鲨鱼嘴般的柏林，或许还能寻得最后一丝美丽。这名皮条客自认为是某种美国舞男：他常出入柏林富人的 loft 公寓，偶尔也会带点珠光宝气的东西。这似乎又是一个平常的夜晚。直到他脚下突然出现一个兔子洞，通往……

Denis Dubov is a professional cleaner: he cleans crime scenes and gets rid of traces of murders, so he knows too much. But even taking refuge in a small southern town, he continues to attract trouble. So on his doorstep there is a thunderstorm of local crime, a harsh but fair investigator Diana and her not the smartest, but persistent assistant Hajdukov. And to prove his innocence, the cleaner will have to challenge the entire criminal district.

A look back at boxer Jeff Sims, an ex-convict famous for busting Muhammad Ali's lip in a sparring session who would later meet a tragic end as he could not escape his own criminal past.

Survival Gym chain is in crisis when the founder dies and son Kent is arrested but he suspects stepmother Jayne. In soap opera fashion the gym's trainers run the gamut from gigolo Gianni to struggling actress Cleo.