An amiable panhandler relates the story of how he was once known as Black Eagle, a notorious criminal of the Old West.

An Irish immigrant wishes to be reunited with his betrothed, who is traveling to join him in America but doesn’t know where he lives. His friend has faith in the predictions of a palm reader.

A reporter in New York City at the beginning of the 20th century is intrigued by a pair of suicides committed in the same room at a seedy boarding hose.

A writer investigates the story of his old friend, an over-the-hill gunslinger who was prompted to go after a wife-beating bully.

The owner of a French Quarter restaurant hires a Private Eye to track down the $10,000 she gave to an old and long time customer to invest for her just before he died. As the title suggests, the detective's attitude is 'follow the money' and 'there is always a woman involved.' With these axioms in mind, his search takes him through the shadier side of New Orleans to New York City and back again, only to find his query right in front of him all along.

A safe cracker on the lamb goes straight and becomes a leading citizen. He risks it all when a crisis makes him exercise his old skills for one last operation.

A man and his wife find an old friend who has changed his name and started worshipping Satan. Naturally, they pick up their old friendship and let him babysit their infant.

A famous painting is stolen by an unlikely thief. However, the person who ends up with it has very long term plans for it.

An overweight woman has nightmares of a faceless man who tries to kill her by pushing her over a ledge. She goes to a psychologist to try to explain the dream and put a face on her assailant.

Billy (Chappie) Chapman, a six-foot, 260-pound defensive end, is cut from the football squad because he lacks the killer instinct. But when his wife is seriously injured in an auto accident and the medical bills start piling up, Chappie asks the coach for another chance. The coach gives him that chance, renames him 'The Chopper,' and tells him to go out on the field ready to chop down and kill the quarterback. Unfortunately, Chappie takes his coach — and screaming fans — literally.