New York Confidential (1955). A classic film noir. A crime syndicate in New York is run by a gangster who hires a notorious mobster from Chicago to work for him as a body guard and temporary hitman when needed. When the crime syndicate and their corrupt political and corporate associates fail to land a billion dollar contract with the federal government they seek to corner the market by murdering their competition. When things take a wrong turn and fail there are too many who know too much that can bring down the entire crime syndicate. The resulting struggle is a paranoia fueled cover-up that could catch up to them and bring them all down.