The crew of a deep-sea trawler face a series of life-threatening challenges on the open ocean. While the ship battles brutal weather and treacherous icy conditions (the metaphorical "black ice" of the sea), the plot centers on the internal and external conflicts of the sailors.

Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.

A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.

Dutch patriots, a U.S. officer and a British spy fool the Nazis with a fake Soho film company.

Betty, a young and pretty widow, is seriously concerned about her young son Jimmy who, since his father's death, has become very difficult for her to control. He has been associating with a gang of very rough youths, the ring-leader of whom is a young tough called Tommy. One day Betty discovers some money hidden under her dustbin...