The evening show shows two different takes on bad men, asking the question: are cops any better than the criminals they chase? Both films come to a similar conclusion via vastly different means.

THE BIG COMBO (1955) features a sadistic crime boss (Richard Conte) pitted against an obsessive cop (Cornel Wilde), while RAFLES SUR LA VILLE aka SINNERS OF PARIS (1958) brings us a cop (a young Michel Piccoli) chasing an escaped gang boss (Charles Vanel) who's willing to put his partner's life in danger when he develops a yen for his partner's wife (Danik Patisson).