A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him.

A man, his son and a piano player travel around Australia showing the first silent movies

An American agent has tracked down the stronghold of an evil criminal mastermind, determined to take over the world (what, another one ?).

A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.