The Captive City
"NO PUNCHES PULLED...NO TRUTHS UNTOLD!"
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
"NO PUNCHES PULLED...NO TRUTHS UNTOLD!"
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
John Forsythe
James "Jim" C. Austin
Joan Camden
Marge Austin
Harold J. Kennedy
Don Carey
Marjorie Crossland
Mrs. Margaret Sirak
Victor Sutherland
Murray Sirak
Ray Teal
Chief Gillette
Martin Milner
Phil Harding
Geraldine Hall
Mrs. Nelson
Hal K. Dawson
Clyde Nelson
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.