The Steel Trap

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

A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000. When he decides to return the money, things go wrong - and that is only the beginning of his troubles.

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

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

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.