Former stevedore Brad Collins is rising quickly in a shipping company when local Communist agitators use his former Party affiliation to extort his help in stirring up trouble. When Brad resists, Communist femme fatale Christine works through his brother-in-law Don. But Brad's new wife Nan sees that her husband and brother are under pressure; when she investigates on her own, party boss Vanning takes ruthless action. Written by Rod Crawford

Steve Keiver, a young lawyer working for an insurance company, hears his boss remark that he'd pay a large sum no questions asked for the return of stolen property to avoid paying a much-larger claim. On his own initiative, Steve arranges such a deal, earning a nice commission. But he catches the eye of gangsters who think he's the ideal middleman for future similar deals--many of them. As Steve is drawn in deeper, the police take an interest in him, and he's ripe for a double-cross. Written by Rod Crawford

Lovely Nancy seems like the ideal bride to fiancé John Willis... until, just before the ceremony, he is approached by Harry Blair, who claims to be Nancys ex-husband. The tale Blair unfolds, in a flashback within a flashback within a flashback, paints Nancy as a kleptomaniac, habitual liar--and perhaps worse. But is Blair telling the truth? And does fate have another surprise in store? Written by Rod Crawford

Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at John Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess--who, dying, tells revenge-minded John that he'd written a clue in the Bible. Frustrated, John obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess' hotel room. Meanwhile, Nick himself gets out with murder still in his heart. But another factor is in play that none of them (except the murdered Jess) had planned. Written by Rod Crawford

Sam Hurley, Nation's No. 1 killer with a cold contempt for heroes, escapes prison with two companions and takes a mixed bag of hostages to Nevada ghost-town Lost Hope City. He knows that they won't be found there because an atom-bomb test is planned for the next morning. Relationships shift and tension builds as Hurley keeps the others in suspense as to whether he will let them escape before bomb time. Written by Rod Crawford

When a mobsters widow decides to testify and provide names of others involved in evil deeds, she goes undercover to avoid being killed. Onboard a train going cross-country, shes being escorted in order to testify. Cop Walter Brown and his partner are assigned the task, but the mob are on their trail, attempting to make sure she never reaches her destination. Written by Col Needham

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, hes committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenets story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt, and endangers her career on a dangerous quest through dark streets awash with rain. Written by Rod Crawford

There is a problem with foreign nationals using Cuba as a convenient jumping-off point for illegal entry into the United States. So U.S. Immigration Service Agent Peter Karczag (John Hodiak) is sent to Havana posing as a Hungarian frustrated with the legal immigration process and open to an alternative. By this means he uncovers the human smuggling ring run by Palinov (George Macready). He also meets concentration-camp refugee Marianne Lorress (Hedy Lamarr), a Viennese working in a nightclub and one who has paid to be smuggled into the United States. When Karczag falls in love with her, he becomes conflicted, not wanting her to be among those he plans to have captured in his operation. So he tries to persuade her to stay in Cuba instead of being secretly flown to the United States. Will he succeed? What if his cover is blown? Written by Fred Edwords

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.

For six months, a strangler calling himself The Judge has terrorized the city. He's a self-appointed destroyer of evil who only strikes on rainy nights. Police Lieut. Harry Grant is obsessed with catching him but has failed so far, despite various clues. And now Harry is further hampered by attractive tabloid reporter Ann Gorman dogging his footsteps. Written by Rod Crawford

After serving 18 years for murdering his abusive father, he in a rage albeit not a murderous one when it happened, at least from what he can remember, Bill Clark (Steve Cochran) is released from prison. Not only have times changed in those 18 years, but so has Bill, he only a child of 13 when he was incarcerated, meaning that he will be experiencing many adult things for the first time, including alcohol and girls. Wanting to live in peace which means anonymity working in the welding trade that he learned inside, he finds he can't do so in his hometown of Norton City where he was imprisoned, where he would have liked to have lived, despite no family, in having any sort of touchstone to familiarity. He ends up going to New York City instead. Searching for any sort of human connection, he meets Cathy Higgins (Ruth Roman) - she more casually referred to as Cay - a taxi dancer, who knows how to play the game at the dance hall. Stemming from an incident involving both of them, they decide to go on the run, despite the police not knowing anything about their involvement in that incident, and Cay not knowing anything about his past until they being on the lam. Counting in part on his naiveté, Cay plays him for a chump, specifically about what happened that led to them running. In trying to eke out a life together on the straight and narrow albeit using assumed names, they end up forming that human connection that Bill needs so much. The question then becomes what happens if their shared past concerning that incident in New York City and/or Bill's past history as a convicted murderer catches up with them, perceived or real. Written by Huggo

With her pal Kitty, Eadie Chapman escapes from the sleazy roadhouse run by her mother and stepfather, only to become a showgirl. But her former milieu gave her a poor opinion of easy morals, and she plans to preserve her 'virtue' until marriage...preferably to a rich husband; while Kitty keeps falling for servants. Will playboy Tom Paige break down Eadie's resistance before his cynical father intervenes? Written by Rod Crawford