Public Hero Number 1

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

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

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

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.