You never can tell the outcome in this superb melodrama by the man who made «Metropolis.» (Print Ad- Granby Leader-Mail, ((Granby PQ)) 7 June 1929)
Dateline: Chicago August '68
15 minutes from Manhattan there's a place where even the cops fear to tread.
One man has opened his eyes to the truth.
THE STICK-UP THAT STUNNED THE NATION!
Trust is fatal.
Banned! The film the US government didn't want you to see!
Savage! ... Searing! ... True!
This movie is so real it makes every other movie in this town look like a movie.
Detective Story Fans Will Be Gripped By This Realistic, Human Police Thriller
YESTERDAY a Teenage Rebel... TODAY a mad-dog slayer!
Timely! Tremendous! Thrilling! Drama of Love and a Jail-Break!
One day, Themroc just blew up. He chucked his job, destroyed his flat, made it with his sister, dined on a cop and turned on the whole neighborhood.
The creeping terror drifted towards them stamping out all civilization in its eerie path!
SHOCK-BY-SHOCK STORY OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS BANDIT OF OUR TIMES!! (original print ad - all caps)
TOUGHEST HELL-HOLE IN THE WORLD!
Planned like clockwork...it goes off like a time bomb!