Doctor Bamford has had enough of village life and is desperate for some distance from inquisitive Cornish neighbours. When the local estate agent shows him Tregunnt Farm # derelict and miles from anywhere # it's love at first sight. But the Bowden family from London also have their eye on the property with a view to developing the surrounding land into ugly holiday cottages. After being gazumped, the Doc decides to try and spook the family into leaving by pretending to be the Beast of Bodmin.
Designado como futuro rey por el profeta Samuel, el joven David vence con su honda al amenazador gigante Goliath. Pero el rey Saul, celoso del nuevo héroe, le quiere quitar la vida y le hará la guerra durante largo tiempo.
Sir Pierce Blakeney es un noble inglés que se relaciona con las altas esferas de una sociedad que vive con preocupación los ajusticiamientos de ingleses en la Francia revolucionaria. Para combatir este mal, Blakeney adopta una personalidad secreta, 'La Pimpinela Escarlata', bajo la cual hará numerosas incursiones en tierra francesa para rescatar a sus compatriotas condenados a muerte.
A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.
