A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.

During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.

After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.

A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. But she begins to have doubts...

A soldier runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow.

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.

A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames.

A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.

A philandering artist paints a foreboding portrait of his wife and then murders her. After marrying his lover, his attention shifts to another woman - will he kill again?

Two brothers struggle as wildcat truck drivers; one comes to harm, the other is accused of his friend's murder.

Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.