意大利黑手党在20世纪初将其黑手伸向了美国曼哈顿的则意大利移民区。杀人越货、勒索绑架，无所不为。为对付黑手党的恐怖活动，皮特罗西诺探长专门组织了一支小分队。少女艾德丽娜的父亲是个黑手党徒，皮特罗西诺爱上了她，但艾德丽娜喜欢的却是探长的同事约翰尼。痛苦中的皮特罗西诺将个人恩怨放在一边，集中精力对付黑手党，并勇敢地救出遭黑手党绑架的人质，为皮特罗西诺的精神所感动的艾德丽娜终于答应嫁给他，但皮特罗西诺却在一次对当地权威人士的调查中被黑手党暗害身亡。为完成皮特罗西诺的遗愿，约翰尼顶住各种压力，终于抓住了潜藏在上层社会中的黑手党党魁。

A beautifully rendered, fact-based crime film about a crusading Italian policeman battling Black Hand extortionists in New York’s Little Italy is back on the big screen. In addition to Ernest Borgnine’s brilliantly sensitive portrayal as Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, this engrossing picture is deftly photographed by Lucien Ballard, beautifully scored by David Raksin with a stellar supporting cast including Zohra Lampert and Alan Austin. Literate, suspenseful and emotionally moving, this memorable film remains the definitive depiction about the emergence of the Mafia in America.

In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.

A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.

卡朋来到芝加哥投效童年时的朋友多利欧。多利欧是当地最有势力的帮派头目。卡朋成为他的贴身保镖，并且帮助他铲除原来帮中的老大。从此卡朋和多利欧成为帮派的头目。之后多利欧因在暗杀行动中受伤而引退，卡朋成为芝加哥最有权势的黑道老大。虽然他被多次起诉，但皆未定罪，最后以逃税为由入狱，多年后病逝。 这部以二十年代著名的黑帮老大艾尔卡朋为主角的传记电影作品，相当真实地呈现出其人其事。灰暗的摄影与模糊的声音虽是低成本制作下的结果，但也赋予本片某种时代氛围。主角罗德 斯泰格尔(Rod Steiger)不仅在外貌上与卡朋相象，也成功地表现出卡朋的气质与神韵。1967年另有一部较为血腥但品质较差的同名版本，其他描绘卡朋犯罪事迹的电影还包括《情人节大屠杀》和《铁面无私》等。