The Case of the High School Hotshots
Two young men progress from robbery to murder, while investigators follow a trail that eventually turns on a love letter and a hidden gun.
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Two young men progress from robbery to murder, while investigators follow a trail that eventually turns on a love letter and a hidden gun.
A father-and-son criminal team turns a burglary spree into murder at an Iowa resort, prompting a desperate pursuit by law enforcement.
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The Safe and Loft Squad shadows a recently released safecracker and his notorious partner as the pair prepare another major robbery.
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The Secret Service pursues a sophisticated counterfeiting organization until an alert farmer and an unexpected clue help expose the ring.
A woman's chance meeting with a charming stranger turns deadly after he kills a police officer and becomes the focus of a Baltimore manhunt.
A New Orleans detective hunts an escaped safecracker whose obsession with high-stakes horse racing and complicated personal ties eventually expose his trail.
Two ruthless brothers leave a trail of robbery and murder across state lines while law enforcement pursues them from one jurisdiction to the next.
Police pursue a metropolitan auto-theft ring run from a candy store while tensions inside the gang threaten to bring the operation apart.
A young shoplifter is recruited into a forged money-order racket and becomes trapped in a volatile triangle of jealousy, crime and betrayal.
A ruthless gang boss is captured, escapes custody and triggers a renewed manhunt through the Los Angeles underworld.
Detectives investigating a cafe owner's murder have almost nothing to work with until a tiny nickel-plated bolt becomes the crucial clue.
A reluctant informant helps federal agents penetrate a liquor-hijacking syndicate and discovers that the case is tangled with personal betrayal.
Two dangerous safecrackers try to stay ahead of police while jealousy from one man's girlfriend adds another threat from inside their own circle.
A policewoman infiltrates a narcotics ring undercover, but when her identity is exposed the investigation erupts into a dangerous confrontation.
An ex-convict pressures his girlfriend into helping arrange a bank robbery, setting events in motion that end in a deadly police gunfight.
A former racketeer is pushed by family pressure into returning to crime, with a hijacking scheme ending in murder and tragedy.
Los Angeles detectives follow a killer's trail to Chicago, where cooperation with local police finally brings the fugitive within reach.
A murder victim's dying words point detectives toward a former associate and eventually connect the killing to an older payroll robbery.
A truck driver forced into a hijacking scheme must decide whether to protect those close to him or secretly help the FBI dismantle the gang.
An Army deserter wanted for earlier crimes draws a showgirl and another accomplice into a robbery that descends into deadly violence.
A St. Louis jewelry-store robbery turns into a shootout when an alarm brings police to the scene, setting off the gang's rapid collapse.
A truck hijacking turns into a lethal double-cross, sending federal investigators after the criminals responsible.
After killing a police officer, a ruthless fugitive races across state lines while law enforcement organizes a widening manhunt.
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Two gunmen escalate a New York robbery spree into murder, prompting an intense citywide police hunt.
A recently paroled gang leader organizes a string of interstate robberies that culminates in an audacious New Year's Day heist.
A murderer steals a young man's identity and money, but his peculiar enthusiasm for darts becomes the detail that helps investigators identify him.
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