In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.
A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
A rising designer leaves a top fashion house to rescue her retired father's New York apparel business.
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.