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- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienHit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterYvonne De CarloDan DuryeaAn armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet LeighA stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsHoward DuffShelley WintersDan DuryeaUS Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.
- DirectorRobert MontgomeryStarsRobert MontgomeryThomas GomezWanda HendrixWW2 veteran Lucky Gagin arrives in a New Mexico border-town intent on revenging against mobster Frank Hugo but FBI agent Bill Retz, who also wants Hugo, tries to keep Gagin out of trouble.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsEdmond O'BrienVera MilesRobert CulpA gunman who believes his friend has been murdered sets out to get the people who killed him and finds himself enmeshed in corrupt labor union politics.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsLee MarvinAngie DickinsonJohn CassavetesSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
- DirectorTed TetzlaffStarsRichard ConteAudrey TotterJohn McIntireAfter a cunning, unscrupulous mobster is sentenced to a Florida prison farm, he launches a deadly escape plan.
- DirectorAbner BibermanStarsRay DantonColleen MillerMerry AndersA mental patient with a violent past is released from the institution, against the advice of his doctors, and sent back to his old neighborhood. Realizing that he can't handle the pressures of big-city life, and not wanting to commit the kinds of crimes that got him put away in the first place, he hops a bus heading out of the city and winds up in a small coastal town. Taking a room in a small motel, he falls for the daughter of the motel's owner, and everything seems to be going well for him, until the girl's father starts to get suspicious about his past.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJames MasonMärta TorénDan DuryeaAfter stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsHoward DuffMärta TorénGeorge BrentA former pilot goes undercover to help break up a smuggling ring.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsHoward DuffPeggy DowBrian DonlevyUnscrupulous and opportunistic San Francisco news media photographer Jack Early steps on and uses folks to get ahead, but in the end he tangles with the wrong people.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsTony CurtisJoanne DruLyle BettgerEddie Darrow, seeking a mobster's widow in Macao, gets involved in a casino owner's affairs.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsTony CurtisMarisa PavanGilbert RolandAfter a San Francisco priest is murdered, a policeman, who's a close friend, starts an investigation.
- DirectorAbner BibermanStarsTom TullySylvia SidneyBetty LynnA group of convicts break out of prison, killing a guard, kidnapping the warden and forcing a reluctant inmate to accompany them. However, when a car accident kills everyone except the warden and the inmate hostage, the warden steals $100,000 of the gang's money, then when police arrive he accuses the inmate of the guard's murder in order to cover up his own crime.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsMary MurphyNorma EberhardtMike ConnorsTwo teen sisters leave their no-good father for a lurid life on the road.
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsJune HavocJohn RussellDorothy HartAfter gang leader Rick is killed, his wife Molly takes over his gang but a robbery goes wrong and Molly finds herself in jail where she undergoes a personal transformation.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsRichard GreeneBoris KarloffStephen McNallyMan investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsEdward G. RobinsonBurt LancasterMady ChristiansDuring WW2, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever but years later his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's son plans to marry Deever's daughter.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsBasil RathboneVictor McLaglenSigrid GurieA crazed man escapes from prison to kill his wife's lover.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsTony CurtisGeorge NaderJulie AdamsThe emotional story of a lifelong friendship between a Boston rookie cop and a young street-wise delinquent.
- DirectorHugo HaasStarsHugo HaasFrancesca De ScaffaJune ShelleyA Russian beggar and his performing dog Flip struggle to make ends meet living upon the cruel streets.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsShelley WintersRichard ConteStephen McNallyAfter a San Francisco gangster murders a rival criminal, he seeks shelter on a fisherman's boat while the police are man-hunting him and pressuring his girlfriend into betrayal.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsDiana BarrymoreBrian DonlevyHenry DaniellAn ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsGeorge NaderPhyllis ThaxterTim HoveyA burglar is surprised by David and Lisa Collins in their son's room. In the struggle, Lisa's eyes are hurt and David throws an ornament, unintentionally killing the young thief. It's not easy for Reverend Collins to deal with the resulting publicity, his own conscience, or Lisa's temporary blindness. Meanwhile Carl Simmons, father of the dead burglar, begins to stalk the Collins' son Michael.