An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.

A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.

A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.

A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.

Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisation that having what he wants and wanting what another has can be very different things.

A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.