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Every thrilling episode of "Gang Busters" (based on the highly-acclaimed radio program by Phillips H. Lord) features a dramatization of a local, state or federal law-enforcement case from across the United States. Each show is gritty in its realistic depiction of crime and ends with a bulletin for a wanted person of the era. This ground-breaking series is an early predecessor to American's Most Wanted. This volume includes the episodes:Edward MenduroO'Dell GriffinThe Blonde TigressBillot...

A group of European businessmen hire dragon lady Sonya Rokoff (Luana Walters) to destroy Chinatown. She enlists the aid of criminal mastermind Victor Poten (Bela Lugosi), who approaches the assignment with so much zeal that it even terrifies Sonya. Poten disguises his henchmen as Chinese gangsters who wreak havoc in the city's streets. When a pair of reporters seek to get to the bottom of the death and violence, they incur the wrath of Poten who vows to kill them. Although they manage to...

IN FOUR EXCITING, ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURES, Buffalo Bill, Jr., his feisty kid sister, Calamity, and their adoptive jack-of-all-trades father, Judge "Fair 'N' Square" Wiley, bring justice to the town of Wileyville, Texas in the late 1880s. Produced by Louis Gray and Gene Autry's Flying A Productions, "Buffalo Bill, Jr." ran on NBC TV from 1955-56, loosely mixing historical characters with rip-roaring western exploits. Star Dick Jones did his own spectacular stunts, from good old-fashioned fist...

Traveling incognito, respectable stockbroker Nicholas Lawrence (Gene Raymond) boards a plane to Honolulu carrying a million dollars in stolen bonds. He happens to sit opposite Cynthia Strong (Osa Massen), a beautiful stranger who has just murdered her husband. What's more, her companion, Alan Marker (Francis Lederer), is blackmailing her. Cynthia begs Nicholas to protect her from Alan's "threats" and he agrees.In Hawaii Nicholas is distracted by Cynthia's charms, giving the cunning Alan a...

Between slams of his gavel, Judge Jay Jostyn enforces justice in this spellbinding "reality" series enacting cases in a Los Angeles night court. Although the announcer presents "true cases and real people," actors play the roles of the defendants amid "live" courtroom mumbling and commotion. The riveting stories are both strange and funny, revealing a wide assortment of bizarre human frailties behind the multitude of shocking offenses.Episode 1: A flamboyant actress explains why she assaulted...

The Three Mesquiteers join the circus (Stony as the sharpshooter, Tucson as the strongman and Lullaby as the ventriloquist) to help out their friend Harris. Someone at the Big Top has been passing counterfeit money and Harris is the number one suspect. The trio find themselves in trouble with the law when they try to nab the real counterfeiters. Harris asks the Mesquiteers to be his daughter Nancy's legal guardians, but Nancy's attractive governess doesn't think three rugged bachelors can...

The legend of Robin Hood is given a grand retelling in this popular and long running series made for television (1955-58). Filmed in Great Britain with the handsome and dashing British actor Richard Greene as Robin, the "outlaws" of Sherwood Forest watch over the people of England and protect them from the cruelty and greed of the ruling aristocrats.Dead Or Alive: Little John is being pursued by the authorities after embarrassing his lord and master. John is promised his freedom if he captures...

It's been ten years since stage robber, Black Bart, has been paroled, but no one's seen hide or hair of the masked outlaw who once robbed hundreds of coaches with an unloaded rifle. Now a new string of hold-ups point to Bart - only this time the gun is loaded and at least one victim is dead. Crash, Dusty, and Alibi, are hired by the stage company to investigate the stick-ups, only to suspect that a local gambler could be the man behind the mask. Cowboy star Ray "Crash" Corrigan's ranch in...

One night of bliss... A thousand nights of hell...This picture is presented in the hopes that the public may become aware of the terrific struggle to end the curse of drug addiction!One night in an opium den sends respectable young doctor William Davis hurtling down the slippery slope to doom and self-destruction. When his drug habit renders him incapable of practicing medicine, Dr. Davis becomes a sideshow huckster shilling miracle elixirs. The income provided by snake-oil sales only fuels...

Paul Christian, the noble town doctor, is on a crusade. In an effort to alleviate the plight of the poor and sickly residents of Squatter's Town, the physician initiates a project to build them housing. The sole hitch is that the only available property is owned by a wealthy spinster, who mistakenly regards the good doctor's efforts to secure her property as a marriage proposal. Adding to the confusion, an unhealthy dose of class prejudice from the wary townsfolk and an outbreak of infectious...

Mister Scarface (1976, Color): Jack Palance is Scarface Manzari, the godfather of the most feared gang in Rome. He makes an example of an insubordinate young punk named Rick by having his thugs beat the kid to a pulp. Rick nurses his wounds at his friend Tony's place. Tony works as an enforcer for Scarface's rival, but he harbors private dreams of being top dog himself. Fueled by a lust for money, power and revenge, the two young thugs hatch a plot to drag their bosses into a war, rob them...

Caryl Foray is convinced that her boss, Enos Colvin, is planning to steal a fortune in securities from their company. She thwarts his scheme by mailing the bonds to her uncle, Jean Foray, in the mountains of Northwest Canada. She's hoping to gather more evidence against Colvin, but instead her actions lead to the murder of her uncle and the shooting of his dog, Rinty. The wounded dog crawls to the headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who soon discover the brutal crime scene at...