Vera
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its members, the roses on the drum set, and herself--the last of the Blonde Bombshells.
Mrs. Danziger
A corpse is fished out of a north London canal with stab wounds through the eyes. The victim was a prominent member of the Hasidic Jewish community, and the cause of death one reserved by the Hasidim to punish "moysers" or informers.
Miss Breith
Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) acepta un trabajo de contable en un pequeña ciudad del norte de Inglaterra. Movido por la ambición, intenta conquistar a Susan (Heather Sears), la hija del hombre más rico y poderoso del lugar, pero éste se interpone en su camino y envía a su hija de vacaciones. Entonces, Joe se lía con Alice (Simone Signoret), una mujer madura cuya experiencia y sofisticación lo fascinan hasta tal punto que llega a pedirle que deje a su marido. Sin embargo, ciertas circunstancias hacen que los planes de Joe den un giro radical.
PCW / Smuggler
Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee, but on returning to his cab finds the woman gone. Assuming she has hitched another ride, he continues on his way. A short time later he is flagged down by another driver, who has come across a woman lying by the roadside. The woman is Johnny's hitchhiker and she's dead.
Amy Slater
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown.
