De remake van de klassieker uit 1946. De armoedige Frank Chambers krijgt tijdens de depressie in de jaren 30 een baantje in een restaurant van de aantrekkelijke Cora en haar oude, rijke man Nick. Frank en Cora beginnen een vurige verhouding, en besluiten Nick uit de weg te ruimen.
Een benzinepomp bediende wordt meedogenloos doodgeschoten door twee professionele huurmoordenaars. Verzekeringsspecialist Reardon raakt geïnteresseerd in de zaak en graaft in het verleden van de dode.
Niets is wat het lijkt in de wereld van de verzekeringsinspecteur John Trent. Zeker niet nadat hij wordt ingeschakeld om de verdwijning van schrijver Sutter Cane, wiens horrorboeken geleidelijk aan tot een massahysterie zijn gaan leiden, te onderzoeken.
C.W. Briggs is de beste verzekeringsonderzoeker in het New York van de jaren '40... althans, dat vindt hij. Vol trots vertelt iedereen die het wil horen hij dat hij elke verzekeringsoplichter te pakken kan krijgen door in de gedachten van de dief te kruipen. De hypnotiserende krachten van de Jade Scorpion zorgen er echter voor dat de gedachten van de dief in Briggs kruipen.
The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for each other. When their brother-in-law winds up dead, his life insurers launch an investigation to prove malicious intent—and set their sights on the sisters, all of whom had ample reason to kill him.
Choi Kang-Woo is a former detective, but he now works as a veteran insurance investigator. He leads a team that attempts to reveal insurance fraud cases.
The renowned Insurance International Co. has created an enquiry network, headed by detective Jack Clementi, to defend itself against insurance fraud. Jack has saved the company enormous amounts of money throughout his successful investigations and his bosses are more than willing put up with his brusque manners, his disconcerting frankness, and his intolerance for any form of company bureaucracy. Yet he is a big guy with a huge heart.
The Investigators is a short-lived American adventure/drama television series that aired on CBS from October 5, to December 28, 1961.
Dick and the Duchess is a rare 1950s CBS situation comedy filmed and set in London. In the story line, Jane's family had difficulty accepting Dick both as an American and a "commoner". Jane often got involved in a comical vein in Dick's insurance cases. Beatrice Varley appeared in a supporting role as Mathilda.
Kashiwagi Natsuko, who has stayed in the US for a long time, is a new investigator of Adjust Research, an insurance investigation firm. She possesses scientific genius and vast personal wealth, but has a tendency to feel out of place in Japanese society which is overly logical. On the other hand, Tono Aki is a veteran investigator in the same company. Born in the old part of Tokyo and a former delinquent, she is rather stingy because she lived in poverty when she was growing up. However, she has superb memory and animal instincts. Natsuko and Aki make an odd combination as they confront ingenious crimes associated with insurance money and expose the truth.
