The Valachi Papers

(1972)

An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

The lone surviving thief of a violent bank robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.

When Professor Emma Fielding's colleague is found murdered in Chandler Castle's crypt, an age-old curse soon enwraps Emma, her students and FBI Agent Conner.

Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way.

A former crime boss living in exile must return to Brazil when his teenage daughter disappears, forcing him to face the violent underworld he left behind while fighting to protect his family.

People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.

A crime family looks to unmask the police informant in their midst who threatens to take down their business.

A picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.

After being fired, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

Archaeology Professor Emma Fielding seeks evidence of a 17-century Maine settlement predating Jamestown. But a dead body she uncovers leads her to a present-day investigation into a murder.