Joe Downing

Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a series of murders.

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

In this newspaper drama, a female reporter and a newsreel cameraman are both assigned to cover the Sino-Japanese war. They meet on the boat ride over...

Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry...

Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally,...

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge....

A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks...

T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling...

A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.

Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the...

A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.

Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.

Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in...

A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.

An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the...

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.

An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a picture of a mob boss.

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.

In this musical comedy, a traveling salesman gets mixed up with a bratty heiress after she gets in a car wreck as she heads for her elopement. The...

Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie...

Longshoreman Johnny Barnes is in love with Kitty Tracy, barmaid at her father's waterfront saloon, and he beats up Cassidy, a crooked politician who...

Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke,...

A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up...

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

A mysterious family moves into their new home, but their secrets are far more sinister than anyone could imagine.

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.