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Crime and Punishment #11 (1949)
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Mac Hunger and his brother Gil, fresh from a Kansas prison, plunge into a violent crime spree fueled by a twisted "Black Hunger Time-Table," evading lawmen with reckless daring and escalating chaos. As their gang fractures and betrayal looms, the brothers find themselves cornered in a desperate race against a relentless pursuit that turns their plan into a deadly game of survival.
In the early 1930s, Keno Rawson—once a feared outlaw—returns from hiding to terrorize the South, leading a gang that strikes banks with ruthless precision. After a series of violent robberies, the gang is pursued by law enforcement, with a key clue pointing to Rawson’s return: a newspaper page torn from a column he once despised. As the authorities close in, Rawson and his men flee toward the hills, but one of them is wounded and desperate for medical help—setting off a chain of events that could finally bring the outlaw to justice.
Sheriff Mel Ward investigates the brutal ambush killing of Harvey Francis, a man whose death echoes a similar murder a year earlier, both tied to an old cattle-rustling feud. As the investigation unfolds, the sheriff follows a trail of clues pointing to a killer who leaves no room for doubt—someone determined to eliminate anyone connected to the past, with a chilling precision that suggests a personal vendetta.