Walter Neff（弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray 饰）是一个成功的保险代理人，他在夜里回到办公室，开始在一个录音机上诉说他的故事......
　　Neff为了取得Dietrichson先生的保险代理权，来到了他的家中，Dietrichson先生不在，Neff遇到了Dietrichson先生的新妻子Phyllis Dietrichson（芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰）。美丽的Phyllis让Neff感到不自然，而她也开始说起她的丈夫的诸多不好之处。在第二次拜访中，Neff终于控制不住自己的欲望，愿意参与Phyllis的杀夫计划。Neff计划在Dietrichson先生坐火车的时候制造他失足摔下的假象，以骗取“双重保险”。一切进行的非常顺利，Dietrichson先生死掉了，Neff和Phyllis两人的爱情和金钱似乎都有了保障。然而，Neff的好友保险调查员Barton Keyes （爱德华·罗宾逊 Edward G. Robinson 饰）却觉得事有蹊跷，开始调查整个事件......
　　本片改编自James M. Cain于1943年出版的同名小说，由导演比利·怀尔德和侦探小说作家雷蒙德·钱德勒共同编剧，获第17届奥斯卡最佳影片等7项提名。

　　An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.

　　Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.

　　Jefty, owner of a roadhouse in a backwoods town, hires sultry, tough-talking torch singer Lily Stevens against the advice of his manager Pete Morgan. Jefty is smitten with Lily, who in turn exerts her charms on the more resistant Pete. When Pete finally falls for her and she turns down Jefty's marriage proposal, they must face Jefty's murderous jealousy and his twisted plots to "punish" the two.

　　唐（雷·米兰德 Ray Milland 饰）都不知道自己能否称自己为一个失意的作家，因为一个作品从来没有被公众所接受过的作家怎么能是作家呢？为了排遣心中的愤懑，唐选择了向酒精寻求安慰，殊不知，酒精只会让他的情况变得更糟。海伦（简·怀曼 Jane Wyman 饰）的出现将唐从酗酒的泥潭中拉了出来，她的温柔和善解人意温暖了唐孤寂的生活，也令他找到了心灵的归属，他决定重新振作起来。
　　好景不长，海伦的父亲对唐和女儿的关系十分不满，在他的眼中，唐只是一个一事无成的浪荡儿而已。感情遭到否定的汤再次陷入了酗酒的危机中，甚至动起了自杀的念头。面对心灰意冷的爱人，海伦能否再一次将唐从死亡边缘中解救回来呢？

　　Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby, claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan as a secret bodyguard. Sure enough, Kroner turns up in Colby's room with a gun, and Regan kills him. Then Regan, who sticks around to romance Colby's secretary Noel, begins to suspect he's been used.

　　贝斯手克里斯托弗（亨利·方达 Henry Fonda 饰）与妻子萝丝（维拉·迈尔斯 Vera Miles 饰）过着平静的生活，虽然经济并不宽裕，但幸福的婚姻和可爱的孩子们让克里斯托弗觉得人生再无遗憾。萝丝需要一笔钱去治疗牙痛，囊中羞涩的克里斯托弗决定贷款，而当他拿着单据来到银行后，命运跟他开了一个天大的玩笑。
　　不明就里的克里斯托弗因为抢劫银行被警方逮捕，随着调查的深入，更多对于他的指控浮出了水面，虽然对这些指控毫不知情，但面对确凿的证据和证人，克里斯托弗哑口无言。在被保释后，克里斯托弗和萝丝委托律师开始调查整个事件的来龙去脉，可发现的所有线索都对克里斯托弗不利。正当夫妻两人开始绝望之时，事情出现的转机。

　　After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.

　　Danny Haley's bookie operation is shut down, so he and his pals need money; when Danny meets Arthur Winant, a sucker from out of town, he decoys him into a series of poker games where eventually Winant loses $5000 that isn't his...then hangs himself. But it seems Winant had a shadowy, protective elder brother who believes in personal revenge. And each of the card players in turn feels a faceless doom inexorably closing in. Dark streets and sexy torch-singer Fran lend ambience.

　　Two homicide detectives investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member

　　A lawyer whose wife has had an affair sets out to leave her by flying to LA. He becomes ever more involved in the lives of a few fellow travelers on a journey that ends up showing him as much about himself as about the others.

　　近日里，发生了一件让美国财政部大为头疼的事情，市场上一批假钞泛滥成灾，这批假钞的制作工艺非常的精湛，使用了专业的雕刻模具，和几乎能够以假乱真的美钞纸张，如果没有专业的设备，单凭肉眼和手感，根本无法区别真伪。
　　财政部派出了丹尼斯（丹尼斯·欧基夫 Dennis O'Keefe 饰）对这批假钞的来源进行秘密调查，最终追溯到了假钞的源头——一个底特律帮派，于是，丹尼斯和特派员安东尼（阿尔弗雷德·赖德 Alfred Ryder 饰）被安插到了这个帮派之中成为了卧底。随着时间的推移，一位代号谋士（华莱士·福特 Wallace Ford 饰）的男子渐渐的浮出了水面。

　　四个大学同学在雷诺赌场度过了一个愉快的夜晚，无意中听到一个警察说抢劫赌场是“不可能的”，这让他们当中最聪明的有钱人想到了一个完美的抢劫计划。他说服其他人加入，当他们听说这只是一个大学骗局时，他的计划是让警察知道钱在哪里。问题是，他的一个朋友在战争中头部受伤，不打算退一角钱。

　　Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he's driving. After meeting seductive Paula at the La Paloma Cafe, he finds himself in trouble with the law. On the basis of a few burning glances, Paula pays his fine and finds him a room, but her motives are not what they seem. Mike lucks into a job with miner Jeff Cunningham, but against his will he's drawn ever deeper into Paula's schemes

　　Diplomat is blackmailed for crimes committed while he had amnesia.

　　在发现自己女儿比依·哈珀的情人的尸体之后，露西亚将尸体藏匿起来，并断定是她女儿杀死了这个男人。马汀代表他的拍档Nagel前来勒索露西亚之际却为之而倾倒。Nagel想要钱，而马汀为保护露西亚却杀死了Nagel，之后他选择自杀来了断与有夫之妇的露西亚的关系。

　　Philip Marlowe（亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰）是一个私家侦探，这天他接到邀请来到General Sternwood的家中，Sternwood让马洛调查关于他女儿的一笔债务，他的女儿Carmen Sternwood 欠了一个叫Geiger的人一笔赌债。在Marlowe想要离开的时候，Sternwood的大女儿Vivian（劳伦·白考尔 Lauren Bacall 饰）栏下了他，告诉他其实她父亲找他来调查的真正目的是为了寻找一个失踪的朋友，Marlow将信就疑。第二天Marlow去寻找Geiger，在Geiger家门前却听到一声枪声，等Marlow进去的时候，却只发现了Geiger的尸体还有被绑住的Carmen Sternwood（玛塔·威克斯 Martha Vickers 饰），还有一台相机。Marlow带走了相机并把Carmen送回家，等到Marlow再回到现场时，却发现Geiger的尸体已经不见了。而Sternwood家的司机也因车祸身亡。案件变得越来越扑朔迷离，这些事情间到底有什么联系？Marlowe能否发现真相？
　　本片改编自侦探小说作家雷蒙德·钱德勒的同名小说。

　　约翰．赫斯顿导演的犯罪电影经典之作，他采用具有睿智洞察力的手法来探索一群珠宝大盗的悲剧命运。萨姆．杰夫饰演一名释囚，他召集了四名伙伴一齐抢劫珠宝行，准备在得手后销赃给一名律师换取百万巨款。当他们顺利劫得珠宝撤退时，却被一名看更破坏好事，导致其中一名歹徒在逃走时受伤。另一方面，出资赞助这次抢劫的赌场老板被贪污警察逼供，招出了集团成员的名字，他们乃难逃劫运。全片情节推展紧凑利落，每个角色均具鲜明个性，因而凝聚出强烈的戏剧张力。玛丽莲．梦露首次在银幕上扮演单纯而性感的情妇角色，从此展开了亮丽的星途。

　　Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>