Sentence examples for tale of crime from inspiring English sources

Undisputed, however, is that director Mervyn LeRoy broke new ground with his tale of crime and betrayal.

The old noir shadows and vertiginous camera angles are almost completely absent from "The Brothers Rico," another paranoid tale of crime syndicate power.

Though not a work of distinguished prose, "A Life in the Balance" is a numbing tale of crime, punishment and redemption.

He next gave Ms. Fuller a leading role in "Jail Bait" (1954), a tale of crime, plastic surgery and other things that featured the bodybuilder Steve Reeves; she later played a smaller part in his "Bride of the Monster" (1955).

But along with his conventional tale of crime and punishment, Mr. Maas has also given us a brutal portrait of what easy money can do to the men who make a profession of defense.

That it is in truth a small-town tale of crime, bad debts, a bus out of town and trouble on their tail only increases the sense of desperation.

This is a tale of crimes and insensitivity, and your writer should be careful not to duplicate part of the story to get the story.

Jonathan Kellerman writes tales of crime and detection which expose the shadowy side of glittering Los Angeles.

Many Paulistanos we met were obsessed with relating grisly -- perhaps exaggerated -- tales of crime.

He is also drawn to tales of crime and sensation, especially those about impostors who pose as royal heirs.

During the Prohibition era, the gentlefolk of Lynchburg used to frighten their daughters with tales of crime, vice, and white slavery in Fairview Heights.