In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.
Die Hochzeit von Dr. James Kildare und der Krankenschwester Mary Lamont steht kurz bevor. Auch im Blair General Hospital in New York laufen bereits die Vorbereitungen. Die Abreise des Brautpaares nach Dartford, Dr. Kildares Heimatstadt, wo die Hochzeit stattfinden soll, verzögert sich mehrmals. Nachdem die beiden endlich fort sind, besucht Dr. Kildares Mentor, der Diagnostiker Dr. Leonard Gillespie, ein Konzert mit dem bekannten Dirigenten Constanzo Labardi. Doch scheint ihm Labardi während des Konzertes irgendwie abgelenkt zu sein; er vermutet ein medizinisches Problem...
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they're both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
A Danish PSA urging people to see the doctor before it's too late to cure their cancer.
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
A pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately trying to hide that he is dying of a terminal disease so the owner won't find out and fire him.
In “Mr. Tompkins Learns the Facts of Life”, Mr. Tompkins learns about biology. In a wild and entertaining dream, his creator, author George Gamow, sends him through his own blood steam to investigate how his body really functions. Professor Igor Gamow and legendary filmmaker, Stan Brakhage, made the film “Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself” based on George Gamow’s book. The film includes an introduction by George Gamow, himself.
Bei einer ärztlichen Untersuchung hat die die schöne Chansonsängerin Cléo (Corinne Marchand) erfahren, dass sie möglicherweise an Krebs erkrankt ist. Die Untersuchung liegt zwei Tage zurück, es ist 17 Uhr und das endgültige Untersuchungsergebnis soll um 19 Uhr vorliegen. Die junge Frau hat panische Angst vor der Diagnose und sucht eine Wahrsagerin auf, um sich die Karten legen zu lassen. Da das Ergebnis nicht gerade zufrieden stellend ist, durchstreift sie ziellos die Straßen von Paris, um sich abzulenken. Sie trifft sich mit Freunden und lernt im Park den Soldaten Antoine (Antoine Bourseiller) kennen, der am nächsten Tag zurück nach Algerien muss...
The journalist Gunnar meets the cancer-patient Seija and love arises. Seija has only a short time left to live. The doctors advice her not to become pregnant, because radiotherapy could harm the fetus. She interrupts the radiotherapy and give later birth a healthy child. Meanwhile, it turns out that pregnancy has cured her cancer.
Explores concerns about uterine cancer and the value of the Pap Test in detecting this serious type of cancer.
Oliver Barrett IV., Sprössling einer traditionsreichen und gut betuchten Familie, verliebt sich in seine Kommilitonin italienischer Abstammung, Jenny Cavilleri. Jenny kann zwar weder einen beeindruckenden Stammbaum noch Geld aufweisen, erwidert aber Olivers Zuneigung aufrichtig. Beide heiraten trotz aller Einwände von Olivers Verwandtschaft, doch ihr gemeinsames Glück ist nicht von langer Dauer: Als Olivers vielversprechende Karriere als Jurist endlich in die Gänge kommt, erfahren sie, dass Jenny an Krebs erkrankt ist und in wenigen Wochen sterben wird.
Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee struggles with his patients' suffering and the darkness and poverty he confronts daily. He treats cancer patient Anand who upon learning of his impending death determines to use the time he has left to the absolute fullest.
Der Film handelt von der authentischen Geschichte zweier Spieler der Chicago Bears. Die Football-Spieler Brian Piccolo und Gale Sayers, Konkurrenten und verschiedener Abstammung, werden unter ungewöhnlichen Umständen zu Freunden und halten trotz aller Schwierigkeiten zusammen.
Schwedisches Drama von Ingmar Bergman, in dem die beiden Schwestern Maria und Karin im Schweden des 18. Jahrhunderts zu ihrem Elternhaus zurückkehren, um sich von ihrer krebskranken Schwester Agnes zu verabschieden. Dort angekommen ist aber jede nur mit sich selbst beschäftigt.
A young couple searches for the cure for the girl's terminal cancer.
A young woman living in the woods with her husband, a struggling musician, and her young daughter, discovers she has terminal cancer. She begins to tape-record a journal of the time she has left so her daughter will know something of her when she grows up.
Little Ilker's father has died when he was very small. His mother Selma is a famous singer who is always on tour. Ilker goes to boarding-school, and he misses his mother a lot. He gets disappointed when his mother doesn't come to pick him up on weekends. One day, he follows his mom to Izmir, where she is on tour...
This film's story is based upon the famous romance novel 'Love Story' by the American writer Erich Segal.