Her Kind of Man
"ABLAZE WITH LOVE!"
A nightclub singer can't choose between a charismatic small-time gangster and an honest newspaperman.
"ABLAZE WITH LOVE!"
A nightclub singer can't choose between a charismatic small-time gangster and an honest newspaperman.
Dane Clark
Don Corwin
Janis Paige
Georgia King
Zachary Scott
Steve Maddux
Faye Emerson
Ruby Marino
George Tobias
Joe Marino
Howard Smith
Bill Fellows
Harry Lewis
Candy
Sheldon Leonard
Felix Bender
Bess Flowers
Patron at Georgia King Club (uncredited)
A nightclub singer can't choose between a charismatic small-time gangster and an honest newspaperman.
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.
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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.
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
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.
Holly Parker, the wife of a wealthy diplomat, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who has been romantically pursuing her. She is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity in order to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men. Eventually returning to the city of her downfall, she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. Amazingly, Holly is represented at her murder trial by her now adult son, who has become a public defender. In the hope of protecting her family, she refuses to reveal her real name and is known to the court as "Madame X".
Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.