Tex Swan

Un jeune délinquant, accusé du meurtre d'un policier, est défendu par un avocat qui est né et a vécu dans le même quartier que le prévenu: "Skid Row", les ruelles du malheur.

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.

Un petit garçon, Tom, surprend par une fenêtre les Kellerton en train d'assassiner un marin ivre. Quand il raconte les faits, personne ne le prend au sérieux, sauf les Kellerton, qui vont chercher à se débarrasser de lui.

A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oilfields when he hides a valuable map in plain sight.

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?

A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.