Detroit Noir
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- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsDennis O'KeefePat O'BrienTina CarverGus Linden (Pat O'Brien)former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vickers (Dennis O'Keefe),so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter, Barbara (Margaret Field), and from Joni Calvin (Tina Carver), Vickers' moll.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsDennis O'KeefeWallace FordAlfred RyderTwo US Treasury agents hunt a successful counterfeiting ring.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsBarry SullivanRobert BlakeElaine EdwardsThe story of the infamous Purple Gang, a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920s' Detroit.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsRobert StackBruce GordonWerner KlempererThe Purple Gang, led by Eddie Fletcher, specialize in small-time kidnapping focusing on minor mobster that can fetch them a few thousand dollars in a short period of time. They may have bitten off than they can chew when they grab Jan Tornek. He is ostensibly an antique shop owner in business with his brother-in-law Eric Vajda. In fact, he's a messenger for the Capone mob, regularly collecting shipments of narcotics. Ness had been observing Tornek for some time and when he misses picking up a drug delivery, he's soon on to Mrs. Tornek who has already received the ransom demand. She works with Ness but Fletcher is soon on to them and they nab her brother, Eric Vajda. The case gets complicated when Capone's top enforcer, Frank Nitti, starts to negotiate for Vajda's release.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyAlexandra StewartHurd HatfieldAfter the mob tries to kill him for an unknown reason, a comedian steals the identity of a homeless man and goes on the run.