An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.

A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.

An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petition for peace.

A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.

Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of involvement in a payroll robbery and then helps break up a bank robbery.