The Guilty Generation (1931)

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.