Mon, Oct 20, 1958
Gio, who lives by fishing coins out of sidewalk grates, longs to adopt an orphaned boy who he spins yarns for, as if Gio actually was a courageous deep-sea fisherman. By working 16 hours a day, old Gio saves money to adopt the boy, but in doing so violates the territorial rights of a local gang, who try to kill Gio.
Mon, Dec 1, 1958
New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes. As the gumshoes wade through dozens of false confessions and bad leads, a young loner who made bizarre remarks at the funeral of the latest victim, comes forward. Is he just another attention seeker - or is he the real fiend ?
Mon, Jan 12, 1959
In a vicious downpour, a killer prods a terrified man forward using a huge spear-gun. The man with the spear-gun is a meek New Yorker living with his mother, who disapproves of her son's fiancée. The poor couple need cash to remove their main barrier to marriage. Hilda tells fiancé Larry she's inherited money, but actually she won a bet with small-time local bookie Happy. The bookmaker sends her to his backer Dasher, who refuses to pay Hilda off.
Mon, Apr 6, 1959
A recurring nightmare haunts a murderer - that he's been framed. But when his loving wife begs the 65th Precinct's skeptical detectives to re-investigate, Arnold Fleischman refuses to co-operate with the police. Det. Halloran becomes intrigued, especially when he uncovers crucial evidence that the wrong man was actually convicted. But the released killer Fleischman strongly maintains that he's definitely guilty. Why ?
Mon, Jun 22, 1959
To spare a condemned killer, Halloran forces his way into a kept woman's apartment the night of the execution. Ravishing Lois Heller is anesthetizing herself with expensive champagne and romantic music, while the idealistic young detective battles to shatter the redhead's mask of cynicism. Lois is protecting the real murderer, her lover Nicky who she alibied. As Halloran desperately struggles to convince her to call New York's governor, he learns why a woman could become so hardened.