Carl Benton Reid

A down-on-his-luck studio scribe reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen when he becomes the prime suspect in a murder.

A lowlife thug, Ralph Anderson (Richard Widmark), returns home in an attempt to hide his mob boss from the law. Ralph’s father, who is the town’s sheriff, is killed by the mob boss’ minions while they await rescue. This galvanizes Ralph who then sets out to bring the mob boss and his men to justice.

During the Korean Conflict, an Army Colonel investigates what appears to be an open and shut treason case against a Major accused of collaborating with the enemy but as details emerge, there is more to the story than first thought

An American mercenary poses as a Catholic village priest in China during 1947 after escaping from a Chinese warlord, for whom he has been working as a military advisor. However, the disguise of the cloth can't hide his feelings for a missionary worker.