A scientist comes across a critically injured hijacker who may know the whereabouts of a suitcase with two million dollars in it. The scientist sees a perfect opportunity to apply his research on keeping a brain alive outside of the body.

A machinist is taken — practically kidnapped — to meet his coworker’s daughter, with the promise of perfect wedded bliss. Can everything be as perfect as it seems?

Near the end of the 19th century, the owner of a great estate is close to death and summons his sons — one cold and calculating, one a reckless playboy.

A young man is on trial for murdering the husband of a middle-aged woman. As a reluctant juror is pressed to commit to a verdict, we hear multiple versions of the the crime.

In 1943, an anxious American POW escapee reluctantly attempts to make a connection with the French Underground.

An embittered reporter turned columnist has a habit of calling out corruption and making accurate predictions, earning him dangerous enemies.

The friend of a housewife who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in her garage won’t accept the police’s conclusion that it was either suicide or an accident. The story written by her friend’s husband seems to support her suspicions.

A charming man who aims to marry rich unexpectedly falls in love with an ordinary woman. Their plans to be married are jeopardized when he is tempted to return to his old ways.

A widower becomes concerned about his daughter, blossoming into womanhood, when she reveals that she has met a man. She won’t reveal his name, or say how he keeps coming to their small town even after the train no longer stops there.

At the turn of the last century, an unambitious bank accountant discovers that, with concentration, he can will whatever he is thinking to happen.