Authentic Police Cases #29 (1953)

Jo, a farmhand obsessed with the criminal legend Nicky Cain, kills his employer after a heated argument with his love interest, Susan, and flees to Chicago, where he joins Nicky’s gang. As he rises in the mob, Jo’s ambition and paranoia lead him to betray Nicky, culminating in a violent showdown that sends him fleeing to New York—only to be hunted down after a failed robbery and cornered in the very field where his story began.

Frederick J. Tenuto, a lifelong delinquent with a history of escapes and violent crimes, rises from a troubled youth in Philadelphia to become a fugitive hunted across the country. After multiple convictions and prison breaks, he’s finally sentenced to twenty years for murder, only to escape again—this time alongside the infamous Willie Sutton. The story follows his relentless flight from justice, cementing his place among the nation’s most wanted.

Bart Claine takes a perilous job as a night watchman at the Lanier Appliance Company, where thefts and violence have driven off every other guard. When a mysterious coworker offers him a dangerous deal, Claine must navigate suspicion and threats while secretly working undercover to dismantle a criminal operation.

Hard-Luck Lefty, a man cursed by relentless misfortune, meticulously plans a payroll heist to finally prove his luck can change—only to be betrayed by his partner and left wounded when the scheme unravels. As he’s abandoned and cornered, a twist reveals the very "bad luck" he’s blamed his whole life might have been a setup all along.

In the fog-drenched waters off a Jersey coast town, escaped bank robbers flee in a speedboat, confident their getaway is secure—until Chief Wilkins, using radio calls from a fishing fleet, tracks them through the thick mist by listening for the sound of their engine. As the fugitives race toward the treacherous sandbanks, the tide turns when their own speed and arrogance lead them straight onto the rocks.

When Blinky Korge and Eddie Ludlow plan a bank heist, they force a man they believe to be a reformed ex-con—Robert Fenwick—to vouch for their alibi, unaware he’s already dead. As the fugitives flee, they’re hunted by police and each other’s guilt, only to discover too late that their supposed alibi was killed the night of the robbery—by their own car.