Martin Spellman

En marchant à la chaise électrique, le jeune Dan Farrow se confie au père Edward Flanagan. S'il avait eu un seul ami, assure-t-il, jamais il n'aurait sombré dans le crime. Le père Flanagan est littéralement hanté par cette confession. Si bien qu'en rentrant chez lui, à Ohama, il décide d'ouvrir un centre pour jeunes en difficultés. Avec l'aide de généreux donateurs, et en dépit de fortes oppositions, il parvient à construire un véritable village accueillant de jeunes délinquants. Parmi eux, Whitey Marsh, un vrai petit dur déterminé à ne pas s'en laisser conter et à retrouver son indépendance dès que possible. Whitey s'enfuit avec un compagnon...

'Beau', John et Digby Geste sont trois frères inséparables adoptés par la riche Lady Brandon. La disparition soudaine de son saphir, le 'Blue Water', pousse les frères à fuir la maison. Il se retrouvent engagés dans la Légion étrangère, où ils affrontent autant leur sergent sadique que les rebelles arabes...

Deux hommes sont condamnés à mort. La fiancée de l'un d'eux convainc un détective de leur innocence : ensemble, ils tentent de trouver le véritable coupable.

In this crime drama, a gangster uses an innocent newsboy to manipulate the jury just prior to his manslaughter trial. The 10-year-old newsboy idolizes the gangster. Eventually the lad's admiration comes to deeply affect the gangster who begins to soften up. Meanwhile his moll plans to rob him. The newsboy intervenes and stops her.

Dave Carson propose à ses amis Stony Brooke, Tucson Smith et Lullaby Joslin une part de sa mine d'or en échange de leur aide contre les agissements de Gil Byron, le maire corrompu de la ville voisine.

A skip tracer--someone who collects late payments from people who've purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don't pay--repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who's skipped payments. What he doesn't know is that a gang that has stolen diamonds from a Hollywood movie star has stashed them inside the radio, and they start hunting for him.

Ace newsreel cameraman is working in a mythical European country when the king is assassinated. He gets his negatives out of the country and finds the young crown prince who is also in danger.

When a man is wrongly accused of murder, a dog helps clear his name.

Foxes are disappearing from fox farms.

A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.

A runaway boy pretends to be the son of a Navy man, only to turn both their lives upside down.

Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Will Jimmy see his dreams come true, or will he be another of the countless hopefuls chewed up and spit out by New York's mean streets?