A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang’s dough.

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself…

A rich society woman uses a gangster to win a congressional election.

The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building’s residents.

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly…

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery,…