Wayward and uninhibited young runaway Kim has fallen in with a bad crowd. Kim decides to flee said crowd and goes to the west coast to reunite herself with her uptight and neurotic estranged older sister Hilary so she can collect some of the inheritance left behind by their deceased parents. However, evil drug dealer Maury and his flock follow Kim to Hilary's house.

A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.

Mike Capon, an ex-cop turned private eye, is supposed to be protecting a young girl named Alice Leasen, so when she's killed on his watch the pressure is on as he tries to track down the person responsible.

Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers.

Millions in diamonds are stolen from a New York City safe, and later the burglar is killed. Shamus is paid $10,000 by the owner to find the diamonds or the killer.

A woman becomes involved sexually with her husband's poker partners. During their antics, which are watched by the woman's daughter, the woman has an accident and is crippled for life. The husband dies an alcoholic, the mother commits suicide after learning that her daughter is sleeping with her lover, and the daughter continues having sex with anyone.

Paul Steward, editor of a scientific journal, considers his life to be an empty failure. Awake one morning after a sleepless night, he comes to a decision: this evening he will take a rifle and shoot and kill his wife, their three children and then himself.

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.

Paul Steward, editor of a scientific journal, considers his life to be an empty failure. Awake one morning after a sleepless night, he comes to a decision: this evening he will take a rifle and shoot and kill his wife, their three children and then himself.