The Racketeer

The Sin of Nora Moran

Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the trut

1933

The Story of Temple Drake

The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violenc

1933

I Cover the Waterfront

An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.

1933

The Little Giant

Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as soc

1933

Flaming Gold

Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.

1932

Little Caesar

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

1931

Side Street

Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.

1929

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s false

1932

Blood Money

The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work,

1933

City Streets

A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.

1931

Black Moon

A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.

1934

Murders in the Rue Morgue

In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets fail

1932

Manhattan Melodrama

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

1934

The Maltese Falcon

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette kno

1931

Behind the Mask

A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.

1932

Under the Gun

A convicted racketeer becomes prison trustee when an inmate whom he persuaded to escape is killed.

1951

The Dancing Town

Young kids face off in a dance competition.

1928

The Secret Six

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scor

1931

Framed

Rose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five years later, as a nightclub hostess, she is sought by Chu

1930

One Way Passage

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's se

1932