Kiss of Death

Korku ve şiddetin kol gezdiği aşırı kalabalık Westgate hapishanesinde,hapishane müdürü A.J.Barnes (Roman Bohnen) otoritesi zayıf ve etkisiz bir idarecidir.Cezaevi gerçekte gardiyanlar ve bazı güçlü mahkumlar tarafından yönetilmektedir.Sadist ve hırslı gardiyan Yüzbaşı Munsey (Hume Cronyn) mahkumları kontrol altında tutabilmek için korku,şiddet ve işkencenin yanı sıra ispiyonu da bir araç olarak kullanmaktadır.Mahkumlardan Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) ise bu duruma isyan ederek diğer mahkumlarla birlikte bir kaçış planlarlar.Film Kara film (Film-noir) türünün belirgin örneklerindendir.

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

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.

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a mysterious minister and two needy women— finds him.

Chris Cross, 25 yıldır kasiyerdir. Bir yağmurlu gecede, Chris bir kadının adam tarafından dövüldüğünü görür. Adama şemsiyesi ile vurur, adam yere düşüp bayılınca, polisi bulup kadının yanına gelir. Geldiklerinde kadını tek başına bulurlar. Chris kendisini çok zengin bir sanatçı gibi tanıtır. Chris , Kittyi evine kadar bırakır. Chris kızdan hoşlanmaya başlar fakat evlidir. Kitty ise Chris ile tanıştıktan sonra başka planlar kurmaya başlar... Aşk , para , dolandırıcılık hukuk üzerine işlenmiş mükemmel film.

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

Görevden ihraç edilmiş eski bir polis olan Nick Cassidy, Manhattan'da bir otelin çatı katına çıkarak masumiyetini kanıtlamak için intihar girişiminde bulunur. Bir kadının çığlığı üzerine New York Polis Departmanı'ndan görevlendirilen bir ekip olay yerine gelir ve psikolog polis memuru Lydia Anderson, Nick'i ikna edip indirmesi için görevlendirilir. Bu arada Nick ana caddeye basınla birlikte büyük bir kalabalık toplayıp, ilgi çekmeyi de başarmıştır.

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.