A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten min...

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggl...

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getti...

Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who...

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger sev...

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a ...

Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his st...

A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of...

Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself...

A mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster's girlfriend.

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery...

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company...

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recentl...

Two musicians witness a mob hit and need to quickly find a way out of Chicago. Their only opportunit...

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a bet...

In 1940s Buenos Aires, a private detective's search for a mysterious woman entangles him in a chilli...

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local in...

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of ...