The System
"The shakedown shootout monster-reign that crimedom called... The System"
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
"The shakedown shootout monster-reign that crimedom called... The System"
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
Frank Lovejoy
John E. 'Johnny' Merrick
Joan Weldon
Felice Stuart
Robert Arthur
Rex Merrick
Paul Picerni
David Wiley
Don Beddoe
Jerry Allen
Jerome Cowan
Barry X. Brady
Dan Seymour
Mr. Marty
Sarah Selby
Liz Allen
Fay Roope
Roger Stuart
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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.
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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.
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.