Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of the inmates. Oblivious to the sadistic treatment of the girls by the matrons, it takes a rebellious girl named Loretta to open his eyes. Assisted by a female staff member, Jason finally gets proof of the abuse and threatens the head of the school with exposure unless he is given full rein to run things.
A light-skinned African-American family are "passing" in an all-white New England town. When the truth comes out, the more prejudiced neighbors demand their expulsion from the community.
Dois detetives da cidade de Nova York, Don Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) e Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) são designados pra investigar um misterioso assassinato de uma mulher. Seguindo os rastros de joias roubadas ligadas ao crime, os detetives localizam Ruth e seu noivo. Os dois, juntamente com o assassino da mulher, controlam um ladrão de joias que vem importunando a sociedade de Nova York. Um dos mais excitantes filmes do gênero "noir" da década.
