Studio 57

A doctor experimenting with a new wonder drug inadvertently injects himself with a serum that has proved fatal on animals.

A beautiful woman helps an adventurer in his efforts to rescue a group of political prisoners from Morocco.

A young pianist helps out a damsel in distress and finds himself in the center of a family dispute.

A young heiress refuses to believe that her poor fiancé is marrying her for her money. But she investigates the history of the ring he gave her, just to be sure. Set in the mid-19th century.

A woman who has been tried and acquitted on a murder charge marries her lawyer. Though he successfully defended her, he has never completely believed in his wife's innocence.

A sheriff is kidnapped by a gang of outlaws and forced to guide them to the border with Mexico.

A boy is disillusioned when his father gives into marauders without putting up a fight.

A lawyer returns from a trip to learn that a boy he knows is dead, the victim of a hit-and-run driver.

A tough Confederate sergeant assigns a soldier three consecutive nights of sentry duty. The exhausted private is discovered asleep during his watch.

A retired sea captain who lost his ship at sea is vindicated when the ship is raised, revealing a damaged propeller shaft.

An explosion is investigated at an important research center behind the Iron Curtain.

A former gangland boss returns after 25 years in prison, expecting things to be the same.

A jeweler's assistant exploits his employer's trust by planning a gem robbery.

Gangster Al Richards is being transferred by train to the state penitentiary. A washout occurs near a small western town and he escapes. A veteran detective teams up with the small-town police chief to track down the gangster.

A detective is convinced a man is guilty of murder despite ballistics tests to the contrary.

A successful young author falls in love with a married woman. He convinces her that the only solution to the triangle is murder, and they devise an ingenious scheme.

Two Federal men, on the trail of an escaped convict, threaten a man's marriage and business.

In order to prove he has not lost his touch, a once-famous news photographer risks his life for a photo of a young girl's attempted suicide.

The captain of a fort in Indian Territory takes several of his men into a nearby town. In a saloon a veteran cavalryman sees a deserter from another post and a gunfight starts. The captain arrives in time to find a new recruit has been murdered.

Two lonely old men hail a cab on Christmas Eve and order the driver to take them to a restaurant.

An original ballad tells the story of "bad bad" Jubal Pickett, who escapes from jail and goes after the brother who turned him in.

Two men discuss the current newspaper stories about the murder of a pretty actress. The crime has been committed by a homicidal maniac - and one of the two men is the killer.

No prisoner has ever escaped from Graymoor Prison, but a determined band of inmates conspire to accomplish the "impossible."

A young American visiting London meets an attractive English girl who's the ward of a strict old lady. With the old lady's permission, he takes the girl to dinner, only to become involved in murder.

A Texas cotton farmer is convinced he has what it takes to be an expert criminologist. He's read everything in detective fiction he can get his hands on.

A cancer therapist defends himself against a charge of fraud made by a newspaperwoman and a doctor.

A teacher's despair over her failure to educate backwoods children suddenly changes to great inspiration when she finds one of her charges smuggling out a spelling book. She learns that the book is not for the child, but for an old woman who insists she must learn to read.

A retired gunslinger, who settled down as a peaceful rancher, has been involved in a fatal shooting. Accompanied by a young boy, he rides into a frontier town. His face is still battered from a brutal pistol-beating as he seeks out the man responsible for the vicious assault.

A beautiful widow arrives in Palm Springs. She's determined to marry a young millionaire although he's already engaged.

An itinerant artist visits a bar and solves a love triangle by producing an idealized portrait of the waitress.

When a wealthy, attractive woman appears, Duke Thompson, the aristocrat of confidence men, grooms himself for the most desirable, and challenging opportunity of his career.

When an eccentric dowager dies, she leaves several million dollars to a bird sanctuary.

A homesteading couple find they are in danger of losing their farm.

Jim Hammond hasn't seen his young son in many years. Suddenly he receives a phone call from his ex-wife telling him the boy is in trouble. He then risks the loss of his own life in an effort to rescue his son.

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his partner's near fatal accident.

A compassionate policeman becomes embittered when he learns that his wife cannot bear children.

A sea captain's son gets a chance to prove his courage when a typhoon threatens their explosives-laden ship.