Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sweat-box"

1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

PG | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, War

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

Director: David Lean | Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa

Votes: 233,550 | Gross: $44.91M

2. Von Ryan's Express (1965)

Approved | 117 min | Action, Adventure, War

An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà, Brad Dexter

Votes: 15,157 | Gross: $17.11M

3. Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest

Votes: 28,553

4. Beau Geste (1966)

Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.

Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Guy Stockwell, Doug McClure, Leslie Nielsen, Telly Savalas

Votes: 750

5. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949)

Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

Two employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert

Votes: 4,234

6. The Emperor Jones (1933)

Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Music

Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

Directors: Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille | Stars: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington

Votes: 1,263

7. I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973)

R | 89 min | Action, Adventure

In 1916, A group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Jim Brown, Christopher George, Richard Ely, Richard Rust

Votes: 554

8. Hellgate (1952)

Approved | 87 min | Western

A man is framed and sent to toughest prison in the territory.

Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond, James Arness

Votes: 531

9. Thunder II (1987)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Drama

Indian sheriff Thunder is transferred to a small town in the desert. He learns that the corrupt deputy is paid by the drug mob. To protect himself, the deputy sets a trap for Thunder and ... See full summary »

Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Mark Gregory, Raimund Harmstorf, Karen Reel, Bo Svenson

Votes: 284

10. Hell's Highway (1932)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship, causing Duke Ellis to mastermind a mass riot.

Directors: Rowland Brown, John Cromwell | Stars: Richard Dix, Rochelle Hudson, Tom Brown, C. Henry Gordon

Votes: 822

11. Unicornio (2014)

Not Rated | 31 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A young German/Bolivian Mennonite risks his life to escape his strict religious Community to find love and freedom in the city.

Director: Rodrigo Bellott | Stars: Doug Porter, Eric Robles, Lorena Sugier, Arturo Lora

Votes: 106

12. Page Miss Glory (1936)

G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

A bellhop in the No 1. hotel of a smalltown awaiting the arrival of Miss Glory dreams he has to page Miss Glory at a first class hotel in New York, and this turns out to be a nightmare. ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Bernice Hansen, Jackie Morrow, The Varsity Three

Votes: 550

13. Odor of the Day (1948)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A homeless dog is looking for a place to sleep cause it's snowing outside but he can't find anyone who will let him in their house. He sneaks into Pepe LePew's house but when Pepe gets into bed he smells so bad the dog chases him outside.

Director: Arthur Davis | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 314

14. Chain Gang (1950)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts (Douglas Kennedy), masquerades as a prison guard and gets a job attached to the chain gang. Using a tiny camera in the shape of a cigarette lighter, he ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Douglas Kennedy, Marjorie Lord, Emory Parnell, William 'Bill' Phillips

Votes: 109

15. Holiday for Drumsticks (1949)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

The patriarch of a family of farming hill billies is fattening a turkey to slaughter for Thanksgiving Day dinner, and he is fattening the fowl by providing him with a veritable feast of ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Davis | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 270

16. Bearcats! (1971)
Episode: Bitter Flats (1971)

60 min | Action, Adventure, War

Johnny and Hank butt heads with a ruthless rancher while searching for a friend's son, who vanished while engaged in a secret mission for the army.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole, Keenan Wynn, Katherine Cannon

Votes: 11

17. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode: The Iron Box (1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Nick and Heath, on their way home with a prize bull, are accused of stealing the animal and are sentenced to a brutal work camp - without a trial.

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans

Votes: 117

18. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Kitara (1971)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Government forces in a racist African country have captured Kitara, the leader of the revolutionary forces, and will torture him to death in their effort to find the gold bullion he has ... See full summary »

Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris

Votes: 150

19. V (1984–1985)
Episode: Breakout (1985)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Donovan and Ham are imprisoned in a Visitor work camp guarded by a hideous alien monster; Nathan Bates mounts a desperate search to find the "star-child" to exchange for his son Kyle who's in Diana's custody.

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Jane Badler, June Chadwick, Jennifer Cooke, Robert Englund

Votes: 272

20. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode: The Night of the Red-Eyed Madmen (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western

A madman with a private army and an unusual political philosophy has designs on the Southwestern United States! His tactics are simple: superiority of individual soldiers, supported by ... See full summary »

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Martin Landau, Joan Huntington

Votes: 222

21. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Self-Care for Toony (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

A burned-out Toony treats himself to a day of spa treatments, and Bill and Toony pay tribute to the late Dawn Wells. Cartoons include Compressed Hare (1961), Assault and Flattery (1956), Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961), Grin and Share It (1957), and The Slick Chick (1962).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Dawn Wells

Votes: 7

22. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Blind Spot (2010)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As Sam and Jesse reach out to the CEO who wants Simon's encoded Bible, Sam continues to mislead Jesse about who burned him. Meanwhile, Sam and Fi try to out-con a conman who is stealing money from unsuspecting widows.

Director: Michael Smith | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Coby Bell, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 462

23. Nikita (2010–2013)
Episode: 2.0 (2010)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Percy and Michael take their latest assignment, a Slavic leader wanted for war crimes, into protective custody. Nikita learns of their hideout and attempts to thwart their plan, but a ... See full summary »

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Aaron Stanford

Votes: 806

24. Burgerimiehet Pohjois-Amerikassa (2023)
Episode: Kovaa virtaa Mississippi! (2023)

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Director: Hannu Pyyhtiä | Stars: Akseli Herlevi, Ossi Lahtinen

25. Henry Danger (2014–2020)
Episode: Toddler Invasion (2018)

TV-G | 22 min | Action, Comedy, Family

When The Toddler takes control of the Man Cave, Charlotte and Jasper have to find a way to sneak in and save Kid Danger and Captain Man.

Director: Mike Caron | Stars: Jace Norman, Cooper Barnes, Sean Ryan Fox, Riele Downs

Votes: 80

26. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Ruby Yacht: Parts 3-4 (1963)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Ruby Yacht" Part 3 of 6, Aesop and Son "The Mice in Council", Peabody's Improbable History "Lucretia Borgia", Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Ruby Yacht" Part 4 of 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 16