The snitch, that much-maligned, usually marginalized staple figure of crime fiction, receives sympathetic centerstage treatment in compelling Hong Kong-set police meller “The Stool Pigeon.” Latest ...

The music has ended, at least temporarily, for one of the area's most venerable rock and roll cover bands following the death of its lead singer. Fittingly, The Fabulous Stool Pigeons played its final ...

Many individuals erroneously interpret the above term from the Joe Valachi testimony about the Mafia in the Kefauver congressional hearings in the 1950s. Other famous “snitches,” traitors, informers, ...

A policeman who relies on informants is racked with a guilty conscience after one is attacked. Leaving his wife and home behind, he embarks on a new confidential mission which leaves him desperately ...

Hickey, a contemptible character, acts as a spy for the police, keeping them posted concerning the doings of the crooks with whom he consorts. In return, the police, although they despise him, pay him ...