The Set-Up

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.

A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.

Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

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

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

Soyduğu ünlü bir kumarbaz tarafından takip edilen John Muller, talihsiz sonuçlar doğuracak şekilde yeni bir kimliğe bürünür.

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

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

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.