A wealthy man finds himself in trouble due to some dubious financial dealings and is arrested. To worsen the situation the chief prosecutor is his best friend.
The story of W.A. Childres, an inspector for the Dade County building division, whose strict enforcement of the building code prevented additional disaster during the Florida hurricane of 1950.
A plain-clothes narcotics agent is called to Chicago to break up the activities of vicious dope ring. As the camera moves along the "Street of Blues," we come face to face with the victims of the drug peddler.
A man lies near death from a mugging. In tracking down the events behind the attack, the investigators discover a giant gambling ring. The "man behind the badge" is William A. Lang, chief investigator for Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
The crew of the S.S. Emporia is stirred up by the lies of a man who wants to take the ship over for political reasons. The captain, Soren Willesen, is the "man behind the badge" who tried to prevent the mutiny.
The policeman of the Hammond Circus becomes suspicious after a series of so-called "accidents" befall the performers. Someone is trying to prove that the circus is jinxed
Jack Donahoe, head of the Robbery Detail of the Los Angeles Force, attempts to track down a teenage gang that robs slum apartments and mansions. The gang's leader is a vicious cop hater.
The Captain of the guards at the Oregon State Penitentiary tries to thwart the prison break of a murderer who has a reputation for being successful at "breaking out."
Volunteer fireman Mandell Fogel of Long Island, New York, attempts to track down the person who rings in false alarms. Traces of fluorescent paint seem to be his only clue.
A trickle of coins is leaking from the counting room of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Among the suspects are the guards, best friends of the investigating Captain.
A pair of smooth talking bad check passers make victims of funeral parlor employees. The pair, a man and a woman, change disguises and aliases many times to elude police.
Sgt. Thomas Hale of the St. Louis Police Dept. attempts to break up a school for shoplifters, and arrest the "Professor" who substitutes fake gems for real.
Joe Foster of the Houston, Texas vice squad poses as a dope pusher in a high school to find out why the youth of a middle-class community have begun smoking reefers.
