Fifties Gangster Films

Back in NYC from Italy, Johnny Columbo seeks revenge on his father's killers, the Black Hand. Love and friendship with a police officer make him consider lawful alternatives to vengeance.

When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co-worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers.

The daily routine of two London policemen is interrupted by a killer.

A man is torn between tackling a sinister crime syndicate or turning a blind eye to the suffering it creates.

Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.

An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.

The US secret service goes after a counterfeit ring, whose engraver Eugene Deane has covertly constructed his plates while serving a life sentence in San Quentin. In order to infiltrate the gang, federal agent John Riggs poses as an Eastern kingpin who wants to purchase a large quantity of the fake currency. During his investigations he falls in love with beautiful Nora Craig...

Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.

A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.

A well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.

A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.

Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.

A blind man's sight is restored in time to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's dead (or is he) brother and a gang of currency smugglers.

Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity.

Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried, found guilty, and imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escapes from prison and to survive he starts living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love with village girl Mara, who helps him hunt down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial.

U. S. Customs is trying to stop the illegal export of a miracle drug to China. A Customs agent in Shanghai inadvertently gets his partner killed and is fired. The now ex-agent goes on a drinking spree, and is approached by the black market gang to help them work around Customs. A few plot twists.

A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

An American gangster sent back to his home country falls in love with a widowed countess.

School teacher Janet Brooks innocently involves herself in a scandal while spending the week-end alone in the mountain cabin of her fiancée, Dr. Walter Phillips. She gives first aid to a wounded racketeer, Joe Bruno, who is running out on his mob with eighty thousand dollars in cash. Unknown to Janet, Bruno hides the money in the cabin. She goes on an errand and two mobsters, Ed Somers and "Stubby" Moore), make a call on Bruno and then depart after delivering a couple of soon-to-be-fatal gunshot wounds. Bruno manages to get to the highway and hitches a ride from a passing motorist who drives him to the Coniston hospital. In front of a number of doctors as witnesses, Bruno draws up a will leaving the eighty-thousand bucks to Janet, but dies before he can reveal where the money is located. The story hits the local headlines the next day and Janet's denials of any previous acquaintance with Bruno or knowledge of the money are disbelieved. Janet, her mother, Celia, and her brother, Fred, are ostracized by the town. Only Walter, who is having trouble of his own trying to raise money to complete a polio wing for the hospital, stands by Janet. Janet publicly announces that if the money ever comes into her possession, she will turn it over to the hospital fund. Somers and Moore intensify their search. But Fred, under pressure from Pete Weiss, local racketeer to whom he owes a large gambling debt, finally succeeds in finding the money, but his conscience forces him to hide it again rather than turning it over to Weiss.

A crime ring is smuggling gold from Mexico across the border in the US. The Customs Service sends an agent to Mexico to try to infiltrate the ring and stop the smuggling.

In the Gulf of Mexico, small-time jewelry smuggler Jim Gannon is forced by gangster H. G. Danziger to use his boat to smuggle weapons into Cuba but on the return trip Jim is robbed by a strange couple of the cash owed to Danziger.

Mario, an Italian war orphan, sees Luca Rossi commit a murder. Eager for a home and family life, Mario promises not to tell the police if Luca takes him into his household and family. Luca fears and hates Mario, but his father, mother and sister all come to love him. Afraid the Mario will reveal his secret, Luca attempts to kill him. Aware now, just as he has suspected, Emilio Rossi realizes that his son is no good and turns him over to the police. Mario is persuaded to stay with the family as an adopted son.

Martin is a wounded gangster comforted by a visits from a little girl and her tiny dog with one bad eye. As he hides out, he makes plans to find his abusive, double crossing, partner.

Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.