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Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
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Desperate
Film · 1947 · also crimeAn innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
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The Damned Don't Cry
Film · 1950 · also crime and dramaFed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
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The Big Knife
Film · 1955 · also crime and dramaMovie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the stu...
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Johnny O'Clock
Film · 1947 · also crime and dramaWhen 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 undergroun...
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The Set-Up
Film · 1949 · also crime and dramaExpecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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5 Against the House
Film · 1955 · also crime and dramaFormer war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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Pitfall
Film · 1948 · also crime and dramaAn 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.
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Johnny Eager
Film · 1941 · also crime and dramaA charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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Plunder Road
Film · 1957 · also crime and dramaA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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Illegal
Film · 1955 · also crime and dramaA hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to repre...
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