Pépé le Moko, one of France’s most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave…

A hitman is found out because he was paid off in traceable stolen money. On the run, he kidnaps the girlfriend of the police detective in charge of his pursuit;…

An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger’s daughter who knew nothing of his past, to…

A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.

A plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California beach and the prisoner manages to escape, after a struggle, only to be…

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic. Not realizing the garage he works…

A reporter and his newspaper’s attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.

A Brooklyn-born 17-year-old’s loyalty is torn between his parents’ old-fashion values and a local gangster’s flashy lifestyle.

A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects — including the…