Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.

During the eighteenth century the Empress of Russia sends her lover to kidnap her rival for the throne.

David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspicion. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. Elizabeth Howard, the governess he hires to look after his children, makes it her mission to find out the truth. When other murders seem to be following David to his new town, Elizabeth investigates with the help of David's son Barnaby.

A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder.

In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.