Frivolous young society woman gains depth and maturity through contact with the director of an orphanage and his wards.

Follows the life of a loving couple that is childless. Juana consults help from many sources so she can conceive, but to no avail. However, her husband Manolo has an illegitimate son by a prostitute. He hopes to raise him as their mutual son, but the boy's arrival marks a profound change in the couple's life, as Juana struggles with her relationship with the child and her husband.

The film follows the crime sprees of Antonio Correa Cotto, as he seeks revenge against the people that assaulted his girlfriend.

Rosita is a young Puerto Rican woman, beautiful but for her scarred face, which she views as a curse. She ignores the men who serenade her nightly for a manipulative man who pursues her for the money she inherited.

Machuchal as a federal agent. He presents his humorous adventures and exploits in the city of New York as Agent 0. The film is an extremely mild spoof of James Bondish-spy films.

The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.

A popular singer is suspected of being involved with a notorious drug dealer, el Tiburón (the Shark). Meanwhile, a friend of the singer is recruited by Interpol to find the criminal's real identity.

When a cheerful vagabond discovers a purse, the money and love letter inside make for interesting complications in his life.

A summit meeting of rival gangs, one predominantly Italian and the other a mix of Polish, Irish, and Italian mobsters, fails to resolve their differences, and gang war breaks out.