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overview : Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she …

overview : Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

overview : Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and …

overview : A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing …

overview : After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from …

overview : A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

overview : The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to …

overview : Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

overview : A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the …

overview : Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to …

overview : During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American …

overview : A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent …

overview : Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role …

overview : Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance …

overview : An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

overview : Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for …

overview : Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his …

overview : Detective Douglas seeks to solve the crime of a former co-worker. Only the help of El Gaucho will be able …