Richard Conte

Discouraged by his superior officers, but helped by a gangster's former girl friend, a dedicated detective lieutenant doggedly continues his investigation to obtain evidence that would convict the head gangster of a crime syndicate.

A Chicago reporter finds himself stuck in a decade-old murder investigation when he follows a newspaper ad offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the killer.

A working girl wakes up a murderess after passing out in the apartment of a brutish playboy. She flees leaving behind a blue gardenia, which prompts a sensational columnist to brand her "The Blue Gardenia". Struggling to conceal her involvement with the playboy and to remember the details of that night, she eventually turns for help to the journalist who transformed her into such a notorious public figure.

"Broderick Crawford is the NYC mob boss dealing out death as the answer to every crisis--from a minor member of his own syndicate, to a Washington lobbyist, to his own hired killers!"--Container.

"Ex-G.I. Nick Garcos is a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father, a ruthless market operator by the name of Mike Figlia. But when Figlia gets wise to his plan, Nick finds himself in a web of treachery and heartbreak."--Container.

"A man awakens in a Honolulu hospital with no memory of his identity. He has three personal items : a wallet, a letter from an angry ex-lover, and a note from one Larry Cravat, an apparent business associate. Searching for Cravat, the amnesiac heads to Los Angeles, enlisting the help of a saloon singer, her boss and a police lieutenant. When he starts asking questions, he's blindsided by goons and chased by cops, but ultimately makes a shocking discovery."--Container....

The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.

[Human desire] A Korean War veteran comes back to his job as a railroad engineer, and becomes entangled with a violent co-worker and the man's alluring wife in a web of deception, suspicion, and murder . [Pushover] A cop, staking out the apartment of a bank robber's girlfriend, makes a move on her to get information. But he makes the mistake of really falling for her, testing his loyalties with deadly results. [The brothers Rico] A businessman and...

Singapore (1947): In pre-war Singapore, Matt Gordon falls in love with the beautiful Linda Grahame, but loses contact with her when the Japanese attack. Five years later, he returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls and accidentally reconnects with Linda, now married to a rich planter Van Leyden and suffering from amnesia. Meanwhile, the sinister Mauibus schemes to steal Matt's pearls. Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949): They cracked...

A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.