An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan.

A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.

In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.

A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.