Six friends adopt the dubious profession of “grifting” and “scamming.” Vicky is a stripper that identifies her victims at work and devises elaborate plans with her brother Jackson to relieve them of their money and other personal possessions. High school senior Theodore “Dribbles” Johnson grapples with scamming, basketball and love. The story develops into a complexed tale when Jackson encourages “Dribbles” to engage in an armed robbery and their string of good fortune comes to a tragic end.

In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.

A young African American, Jake Jackson, is a happy, honest, law-abiding citizen who through many unfortunate events, experiences a full array of prejudices until he captures single-handedly the serial killer, David Fletcher, and his luck changes.

Romantic misunderstandings abound with tempestuous couple Jay and Tracy, as Jay plans on proposing marriage, only to discover that Tracy has been cheating. Soon Tracy learns, however, that Jay has secrets of his own.