The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.

After buying a car, Richard Burton finds that his wife and daughter have become unreasonably extravagant, and is surrounded by sponging friends.

A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.

When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.

Philo Vance investigates when a murderer preys upon members of a wealthy family on New York's Upper East Side.

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.