1963
Two crooks invade the suburban Philadelphia home capturing the wife and two teen-aged daughters of a firefighter in the process. Leaving the wife, the younger daughter and her friend securely trussed, the thieves force the older teen to drive them in the family car away from the crime scene. Soon the Philadelphia police force is hot on their trail.
1963
Three crooks panic when a burglar alarm goes off while they're attempting to break into a tavern in Indianapolis, Indiana. One of the trio insists on returning to the scene of the crime to collect their cast off burglary tools leading to a car chase and the murder of a deputy sheriff. The Indiana police forces pull out all the stops to locate and arrest the perpetrators.
1963
A baby born in Danville, Viginia with an extremely rare blood-type desperately needs a transfusion. There are only 35 people in the United States with U-Negative blood, the nearest living in Cincinnati, Ohio - but he was working as a truck driver when the blood bank called to request he give the baby a transfusion. The local police initiated a desperate manhunt to find him in time to save the baby's life.
1963
An ex-convict employed as a dental technician teams with an out-of-work tools clerk trying to make ends meet hold up a Detroit tavern. Unfortunately for the crooks, one of the bar's patrons is an off-duty policeman who shoots both crooks during a gun battle. One of the wounded robbers is quickly captured at a local hospital while detectives search for the other criminal whose identity was concealed behind a rubber skeleton mask.
1963
An American city - modern skyline, civic parks, war memorials and the buildings that say "state capitol." This, to the world, is the face of Hartford, Connecticut, a thriving, bustling community - but like all communities - deeper, under the surface - there's another world... not nearly as large, not nearly as distinctive - but it, too, has a face - sometimes referred to as the faceless face of crime.
1963
A youthful gang of criminals goes on a crime spree throughout the metropolitan Boston area, leaving two men dead while committing numerous robberies and car heists. The various police agencies work together to compare ballistic tests and modus operandi and quickly gather the threads of evidence into an effective dragnet.
1963
A small-time crook returns to rob a convenience store for the second time in three weeks. His escape plan goes awry when he finds his car has flat tire. Before he can leave the area¸ the Houston police and their K-9 dogs track him down. While they're happy to have made an arrest expeditiously, the cops have another concern - where did the perpetrator toss his gun and could they find it before a neighborhood child picked it up.
1963
The police force of a small suburban town in New York confronts an epidemic of juvenile delinquency. Their quick action averts a pair of rumbles between rival gangs of teenagers, but they haven't been able to solve a pair of knifings. By dint of their persistence, they manage to cultivate young informants who help them rout out the criminals.
1963
A trio of inexperienced thieves find themselves in the armed robbery business when they spot a car with the keys still in the ignition. After repainting the car a vivid lilac color, they break into a home and steal two guns, then try to knock over a liquor store. In their hurry to flee the premises, one of the young hoodlums shoots himself in the foot and winds up in the hospital. By working together the Providence Police Department and county police agencies put together a case against the three thugs.