arms smuggling

22 movies and shows

The Living Daylights

Mon, 29 Jun 1987

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

Beverly Hills Cop II

Mon, 18 May 1987

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.

Hard Boiled

Thu, 16 Apr 1992

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

The Man from Laramie

Fri, 19 Aug 1955

Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.

City War

Wed, 21 Dec 1988

Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.

Isle Of Destiny

Fri, 08 Mar 1940

A pretty socialite / pilot runs into gun smugglers when she lands her plane on a Pacific island.

Bandyta

Fri, 07 Nov 1997

Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but also discovers corruption inside the facility.

Ruby Cairo

Sat, 12 Dec 1992

Baseball cards and a food-aid worker help a woman follow her shady husband's money trail around the world.

The Ship That Died of Shame

Tue, 19 Apr 1955

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into is smuggling.

City in Darkness

Wed, 15 Nov 1939

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..

Theft Under the Sun

Thu, 26 Jun 1997

During an operation with a master criminal, an undercover cop fails his mission because he was shot by an uniform officer. His superior suspects he has become a bad seed and refuses to allow him to rejoin the force. In order to prove his innocence, the cop decides to follow the thief to the Sino-Russian border on an arms struggle deal, but on the way they are chased by Mainland police. During the escape the cop and the criminal become friends. When they return to the Hong Kong border, the police awaits on the other side and...

Alive or Preferably Dead

Wed, 17 Sep 1969

Two brothers, Monty and Ted, will inherit $300,000 if they manage to live together for six months.

The Drum

Thu, 29 Sep 1938

Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the hospitality of Guhl's spacious palace. It's up to the loyal young Prince Azim (Sabu) to warn the troops of Guhl's treachery by tapping out a message on his drum.

American Aristocracy

Sun, 05 Nov 1916

A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.

The Long Arm of the Godfather

Fri, 11 Aug 1972

A treacherous low-level mafioso greedily rips off a shipment of arms from his powerful godfather and tries to sell them to an especially dubious group of Arabs

Darwin's Nightmare

Fri, 21 Jan 2005

Africa in the sixties. The Nile perch, a ravenous predator, is introduced into Lake Victoria as a scientific experiment, causing the extinction of many native species. Its meat is exported everywhere in exchange for weapons, creating a globalized evil alliance on the lake shores. An infernal nightmare in the real world that wipes out Darwin's Theory of Evolution.