Ride the Pink Horse (1947)

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.