The depression of the 1930s led people to desperate measures to survive. The marathon dance craze, which flourished at that time, seemed a simple way for people to earn extra money - dancing the hours away for cash. But the underside of that craze was filled with a competition and violence unknown to most ballrooms. A lurid tale of dancing and ...
A Phi Beta Kappa scholar succeeds in turning himself into a vicious and immoral criminal, whose contempt for law, order and human life drives him relentlessly into a career of unrelieved evil. He escapes from a chain gang and joins a pack of gangsters but his past overtakes him.
Ralph Carson and Mona Matthews are movie extras and roomates. After Mona curses out a judge during a friend's trial, she and Ralph are introduced to Hollywood society. Ralph is taken in by the ruthlessness and corruption, while Mona serves as his conscience to guide him against the temptations of success.
In the city of Coltron, Mike Dolan wages a lone war against corruption. Surrounded by lies, he wants to print the truth in his paper. Mike's friends try to stop him with words, but his enemies try lead pipes and bullets.
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