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- StarsLee BowmanBrian KeithNita TalbotA murderer leaves messages written in lipstick at the scene of the crimes.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsEdmond O'BrienCharles BronsonKasey RogersDetective Clinton Sturges learns Murray Forman is a wanted man. Clint feels he owes the criminal for saving daughter Barbara from drowning and is torn between doing his job or assisting the fugitive.
- DirectorJames P. YarbroughStarsEdmond O'BrienBeverly GarlandJohn QualenDuring WWII, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a Free French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sexy lounge singer.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsRod TaylorLloyd BochnerJulie LondonGlenn finds himself in the middle of a carefully prepared murder frame and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer and clear himself.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsEddie AlbertRuth RomanDane ClarkA husband and wife are driving on a trip to Palm Springs. They stop for gas and are kidnapped by a pair of criminals, who have just killed a store clerk during a robbery. They plan to flee to Mexico and need the couple to help get them through police roadblocks.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsJames WhitmoreMarilyn ErskineTimothy CareyExcellent character study of a small town lawman who risks his life despite the qualms of his pregnant wife and a town council that refuses to give him a small raise.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsDan DuryeaRobert MiddletonCharles BronsonA master of disguise plans a payroll theft with the only two men that know his true identity.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsRalph ClantonEileen HeckartRichard BooneThe former medical examiner who had falsified information in a murder case years earlier returns to town. Lawyer Robert Quartermain, who was involved in the trial, kills the ex-examiner, careful to leave no clues behind. But, he hadn't planned on having his picture taken by a street photographer when he was leaving the scene of the crime. Realizing the shutterbug possesses the only evidence against him, Quartermain is frantic to find the man and retrieve that picture.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsBarbara StanwyckWallace FordHarold J. StoneHazel Wexley, a downcast woman, is befriended by a mobster who makes her happy. But after his unexpected death she is left with a mysterious briefcase.
- DirectorJules BrickenStarsPaul DouglasJan SterlingAnthony CarusoA man teams with his gangster brother's widow to find his sibling's killer. Soon, the surviving brother begins to wonder whether the lovely former spouse might not have committed the murder herself.
- DirectorJames P. YarbroughStarsRobert TaylorRussell ThorsonTige AndrewsCapt. Holbrook must guard a man who they know has committed crimes but always evades conviction.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsBarry SullivanAnita LouiseRaymond BurrA killer is tried and sentenced to death for murdering a cop. However, he breaks out of prison and hunts down his ex-wife, who had fingered him to the police. A down-on-his-luck reporter tells his editor that, for a $100 bonus, he'll track down the escaped killer on his own and get a scoop for the paper. However, things don't work out quite the way the reporter had counted on.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsRonald ReaganJoan CrawfordSidney BlackmerRuth and her lover David are caught having an affair by her husband John. When John refuses to give Ruth a divorce, David shoots him. Before Ruth and David can make plans to cover up the murder, John's blind friend Chris shows up.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsBarry CoeBrett HalseyJulie LondonTemplin investigates the story of a beautiful singer who will no longer perform out of fear of her former manager.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsHarry BartellFriday and Jacobs are called to the apartment of a man who phoned in the fatal shooting of his wife. He claims it was suicide, but upon looking at the crime scene and talking to neighbors they begin to wonder if it was murder.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Roger SmithEdd ByrnesPI Stu lensing brand-new silent flicker while battling gaggle of greedy heirs? Ex-screen goddess tabs Stu to spend whatever's necessary for a silent masterpiece, including rounding up her elderly former crew & cast-mates. Her adult children fear amateur mogul Stu will blow their inheritance, so they cast their own crew of experts, to prove Lucinda Lane's lost her marbles. Carhop Kookie wants a role in the spectacular too - reasoning he's a jumble of jerky moves already.
- DirectorIrving LernerStarsBroderick CrawfordRay HamiltonLola AlbrightA beautiful blonde plays off one member of a gang of diamond thieves against another in an attempt to steal two million dollars in gems for herself.
- DirectorAlan NeumanStarsEverett SloaneHarry BellaverGloria McGeheeAfter a gangster kills an old rival, he has his face altered by a plastic surgeon, whom he in turn murders to silence him. The twist is, after the bandages are removed, he finds he has the face and slowly, the personality of the dead rival.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsEdmond O'BrienRichard CooganHarry TownesJohnny Midnight is hired by a woman fearing for her husband's life. But Johnny's investigation uncovers more than the concerned wife ever anticipated, putting Johnny's life in danger..
- DirectorSutton RoleyStarsRod TaylorLloyd BochnerNancy GatesThe sudden appearance in Hong Kong of Glenn's old girlfriend Grace Richmond coincides with a series of potentially fatal mishaps, including a gas leak in his home, brakes failing on his car, and a near hit-and-run on the street. Could Grace's jealous husband be responsible for the "accidents" or is something even more sinister afoot?
- DirectorJules BrickenStarsDorothy MaloneMichael PateJohn GabrielA new home holds a violent old past and present.
- DirectorPaul AlmondStarsWilliam ShatnerHoward Da SilvaLonny ChapmanTodays theme is Seized, Confined and Detained.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsRoger SmithEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Edd ByrnesValerie Stacey believes her husband is trying to kill her. So convinced she approaches Bailey and Brynes to investigate and produce enough evidence to take her story to the police.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsRod TaylorLloyd BochnerFelicia FarrBeautiful but dangerous identical twins Madge and Mary Johnson lure Glenn into a murder case when one of the two sisters visits him about the recent slaying of a man and an unsolved bank robbery case. Glenn pursues the story with tragic results for the twins.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsJames FranciscusHorace McMahonHarry BellaverA young hotel bellhop is mixed up with a gang of card sharps preying upon the convention crowd, and who are responsible for the killing of one of their victims.