缉毒官员Newlyweds Miguel "Mike" Vargas(查尔登·海斯顿 Charlton Heston 饰）和他的妻子Susie（珍妮特·利 Janet Leigh 饰）来到了美国和墨西哥的边界。马路上发生了一起汽车爆炸事件，Vargas认为这起案件跟毒贩子有关，遂和当地的警察们一起展开了调查。Hank Quinlan（奥逊·威尔斯 Orson Welles 饰）是警察队长，在当地名声甚响。当地警方把嫌疑集中在一个叫Sanchez的人身上，Vargas却在Sanchez的家中发现了证明他不是犯人的证据。然而Quinlan执意认为Sanchez就是犯人。Vargas研究了以前Quinlan办过的案件，对这个赫赫有名的警察队长产生了不少疑问。而Vargas的妻子Susie在旅馆里却被一帮人所绑架并陷害，Vargas怀疑这一切的背后都是Quinlan在操纵。Vargas在和Quinlan的对抗中会有怎样的结局？
　　本片由执导了《公民凯恩》的奥逊·威尔斯自编自导自演，共有三个版本：1958年发行的版本，1976年的加长版，1998年发现的可能更符合威尔斯想法的版本。

　　唐（雷·米兰德 Ray Milland 饰）都不知道自己能否称自己为一个失意的作家，因为一个作品从来没有被公众所接受过的作家怎么能是作家呢？为了排遣心中的愤懑，唐选择了向酒精寻求安慰，殊不知，酒精只会让他的情况变得更糟。海伦（简·怀曼 Jane Wyman 饰）的出现将唐从酗酒的泥潭中拉了出来，她的温柔和善解人意温暖了唐孤寂的生活，也令他找到了心灵的归属，他决定重新振作起来。
　　好景不长，海伦的父亲对唐和女儿的关系十分不满，在他的眼中，唐只是一个一事无成的浪荡儿而已。感情遭到否定的汤再次陷入了酗酒的危机中，甚至动起了自杀的念头。面对心灰意冷的爱人，海伦能否再一次将唐从死亡边缘中解救回来呢？

　　Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) is a family man, living in California, who can't seem to get by financially. He meets up with a small-time, but charismatic, hood Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges). Soon, Slocum convinces Tyler to participate in gas station robberies to get by. Later, they kidnap a wealthy man in hopes of getting a huge ransom. Things go wrong when the man is murdered by Slocum then thrown in a lake. Tyler reaches his limit emotionally, and he begins drinking heavily. He meets a lonely woman and confesses the crime while drunk. The woman flees and goes to the police.
　　When the two kidnappers are arrested, a local journalist (Richard Carlson) writes a series of hate-filled articles about the two prisoners which eventually lead to a brutal lynching.
　　The despair of the lower middle-class: A family man ashamed of being unemployed allows himself to be convinced by a gangster to take part in a kidnapping. The police arrests them both and the anger of the small town’s population is unforgiving. THE SOUND OF FURY is a dark crime movie that builds up to an apocalyptic storm, but never loses sight of social realities, thus telling a lot about the daily despair of the working-class. A masterpiece, it was Cy Endfield’s last film before he felt compelled to move to Britain.

　　U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters.

　　Police baffled by the FACELESS KILLER!
　　A faceless dummy of a serial killer haunts a police department in this atmospheric noir thriller from Fleischer. The dummy is created to represent an elusive strangler who calls himself 'The Judge' and whom the frustrated detective Harry Grant attempts to reconstruct from a handful of clues, such as body size and suit fabric. Sure enough, as the dummy becomes more real, reason and sound judgement encounter the uncanny.

　　在Ellen和David的婚礼上突然闯进了一个陌生人，声称Ellen已是有夫之妇，婚礼因此被中断。虽然有各种人证物证，但Ellen仍然坚持说没结过婚，而且不认识那个所谓的“丈夫”，没想到而后却被指控杀死了自己的“丈夫”，最终在法庭上精神崩溃。David坚信未婚妻是清白的，并一直追寻背后的真相。。。

　　Beauty contest winner Patricia Knight's one bid for screen stardom was Columbia's Shockproof. Knight plays Jenny Wright, a convicted murderess paroled in the care of probation officer Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde). What begins as an aloof professional relationship eventually blossoms into romance. The fly in the ointment is shady Harry Wesson (John Baragrey), the gambler who inveigled Jenny into committing murder. The girl is torn between creature comforts offered her by Wesson and the promise of a clean life offered by Griff. This early Douglas Sirk effort contains a smattering of the stylistic touches which distinguished his later work.The screenplay was written by famed director Samuel Fuller, known for his gritty realism and hard-boiled style.
　　~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

　　拳击手大卫•科登（Jamie Smith 饰）独自住在一间简陋的公寓出租房内，窗户对面住着一个美丽的舞女格萝蕾拉（Irene Kane 饰），大卫渐渐为之所吸引。
　　某晚大卫比赛归来，突然发现格萝蕾拉正要被人强暴，他冲进去拯救了心上人。原来强暴者是格萝蕾拉所在夜总会的老板（Frank Silvera 饰），为了生计不得不忍辱负重。两个失意之人情谊相合，遂约定离开伤心地，寻找他们的幸福。大卫外出筹集旅费，而夜总会老板在得知格萝蕾拉即将离开的消息时勃然大怒，派出打手绑架了她……
　　本片荣获1959年洛迦诺国际电影节最佳导演奖。

　　When FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases he was working on, hoping one will lead to his killer. The first involves gangster Joe Walpo and Ripley finds his hideout through Joe's girl friend, Connie Anderson. Joe is killed but it is established he was 400 miles away when Stewart was murdered. The next involves a car-theft gang which Ripley breaks up by using one of the gang, Vince Angelino and his wife Julie. The last case involves Kate Martell, the victim of an extortionist who threatens to kidnap her child unless she pays him $10,000

　　Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.

　　曾在西班牙杀过人的水手Michael O'Hara（奥逊·威尔斯 Orson Welles 饰）回到了纽约，一天夜里他在路上救了遭到打劫的美女Elsa（丽塔·海华斯 Rita Hayworth 饰），于是Elsa让她的丈夫，律师Arthur Bannister（埃弗雷特·斯隆 Everett Sloane 饰）找到Michael，让他来船上当水手。Bannister一家刚从上海回到纽约，正要坐船前往旧金山。在海上航行的时候，Michael和Elsa情愫暗生。而Michael也认识了Arthur的朋友George Grisby（Glenn Anders 饰）。George知道Michael曾经杀过人后，想让Michael再杀一个人，并承诺给他五千美元的佣金，而他想让Michael杀的人，就是George自己。原来George想制造自己已经死了的假象，然后从现在的生活和他的妻子身边逃走。两人的计划看起来天衣无缝，George却失手杀死了Arthur的管家，随后George也真的被杀。Michael被认为是两个死者的凶手，法庭上，为Michael辩论的却是他的情敌Arthur，到底谁才是杀死George的真正凶手？

　　出身于克利夫兰的杀手弗兰克（Allen Baron 饰）在圣诞前夕接到了一份新的工作，他再次孤身一人回到曾经熟悉的城市，这次的目标是二流企业的老板。弗兰克每日跟踪对方，寻找下手机会并托付别人准备手枪。沉默寡言的弗兰克拒绝与别人沟通，在饭店偶遇的熟人让他只想逃避，但旧日相识劳拉的出现点燃了他仅存的一点热情，不过弗兰克却无法让对方接受自己。联系人迟迟没能提供手枪让弗兰克一怒之下杀了他。惊慌失措的弗兰克致电雇主，试图终止合作，电话另一头却大为光火，将弗兰克推上了不归路……
　　这部电影始终贯穿画外音解说，是导演、编剧兼主演Allen Baron的新尝试。

　　在过度拥挤的西门监狱里，暴力和恐惧是基本的游戏准则。并且监狱长比看守和囚犯的首领有较少的力量,。最难对付的的囚犯是坚硬顽固的乔·科林斯。重要的是，乔怨恨首要卫兵上尉Munsey, 一位狭隘独裁的拥有绝对权力者。稍微违规违, 乔和他的伙伴们就要受苦了。但有次大屠杀反而成就了他们的逃命计划。

　　身无分文的记者丘克（Kirk Douglas 饰）流落一座新墨西哥州的小城，他舌如巧簧向当地报馆的主编推销自己，宣称自己有制造新闻的天才。波澜不惊的小城生活让曾经供职纽约的丘克倍感无聊。这天，主编令丘克外出采访，丘克于路却意外遭遇一名小镇店主里奥被困山洞。丘克敏感的意识到这件事情背后的新闻价值，他迅速联系州长、工程队与医生。随着丘克的一篇篇报道，观看施救过程的民众陆续赶来，本欲离开的里奥妻子因为看到有利可图而选择留下，并与丘克站到了同一阵营，丘克安排采用费时的营救方式来维持事件的新闻热度。几天内人群不断涌入，营救现场俨然成为游乐场。丘克与纽约的老上司讨价还价之时，洞中的里奥却走到了生命的尽头……
　　本片获1952年奥斯卡最佳编剧奖。

　　影片讲述斯蒂芬被关闭在英国的收容所里两年后被释放，他似乎有点神志不清，随后他在回来巴黎的路上，遇到一个间谍集团...

　　Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

　　An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.

　　Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) is a take-charge captain of industry who has worked his way up in a San Francisco steel company from a position as a sheet metal worker. He loves his wife Irene (Helen Walker) very much and they have planned a vacation drive together. Irene cancels at the last minute claiming a toothache, but asks that Walter drive her cousin Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett) as far as Illinois. Walter agrees and he and Jim take off together but later Jim knocks Walter unconscious and takes the car only to be hit himself by a truck and killed, his body burned beyond recognition. Walter comes to and suffering a concussion and deep confusion from feeling betrayed by Irene hides out in a small Midwest town until guilt and peer pressure force him to go back to San Francisco and tell his story to the Police. But by the time Walter returns to San Francisco a clever detective Lieutenant Quincy (Charles Coburn) has uncovered some facts about Irene and her cousin' Jim. The police have been holding Irene for the murder of her husband Walter but release her considering that Walter was hiding out because he had killed Jim. Along the way to uncovering the truth in Court Walter realizes some hard fact about what he holds valuable and the trust he has put in those around him.

　　音乐教师Christine Radcliffe原以为 Karel Novak 在战争中被杀害，她是如此的爱他，一直坚持与他携手共老。可是当Karel 再次出现的时候，等来的却是来自他爱人的一颗子弹..

　　Mystery writer Janet Frobisher lives alone in a dark English country house, when she's not philandering with her secretary's fiancée. At an extremely awkward moment, she has an unwelcome visitor: George Bates, who claims to be the partner in crime of Janet's estranged husband. George insinuates himself into Janet's home and life despite her efforts to get rid of him; the tangled relationships develop into a macabre, murderous cat-and-mouse game.

　　故事讲述一名有良知的记者出庭作证后，怀疑自己冤枉了好人，之后在自家一直心神不安，接着撞见鬼鬼祟祟的邻居之后，又目睹另一起凶案的发生，自后携同当秘书的女友一起侦查。--甜蜜电影字幕组

　　Walter Neff（弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray 饰）是一个成功的保险代理人，他在夜里回到办公室，开始在一个录音机上诉说他的故事......
　　Neff为了取得Dietrichson先生的保险代理权，来到了他的家中，Dietrichson先生不在，Neff遇到了Dietrichson先生的新妻子Phyllis Dietrichson（芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰）。美丽的Phyllis让Neff感到不自然，而她也开始说起她的丈夫的诸多不好之处。在第二次拜访中，Neff终于控制不住自己的欲望，愿意参与Phyllis的杀夫计划。Neff计划在Dietrichson先生坐火车的时候制造他失足摔下的假象，以骗取“双重保险”。一切进行的非常顺利，Dietrichson先生死掉了，Neff和Phyllis两人的爱情和金钱似乎都有了保障。然而，Neff的好友保险调查员Barton Keyes （爱德华·罗宾逊 Edward G. Robinson 饰）却觉得事有蹊跷，开始调查整个事件......
　　本片改编自James M. Cain于1943年出版的同名小说，由导演比利·怀尔德和侦探小说作家雷蒙德·钱德勒共同编剧，获第17届奥斯卡最佳影片等7项提名。