Young Woman
Hapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California, doesn't put up too much of a fight when two ladies hitch a ride and attempt to kidnap him in their attempt to get to New Orleans; while initially put off, Rafferty finds he's charmed by the kooky pair of misfits and the three of them drive to Las Vegas, Nevada and later Tucson, Arizona, where their bond eventually unravels.
Receptionist
Bill Denny es (George Segal) un escritor que se toma el juego muy seriamente. Charlie Waters (Elliot Gould) es un personaje despreocupado que antepone el juego a todo lo demás. Ganen o pierdan (y suelen perder), Denny y Waters reaccionan de manera diferente. Cuando ambos llegan a conocerse en un garito de Los Ángeles, sus contrastadas personalidades encajan a la perfección, y de común acuerdo se constituyen en equipo dispuestos a ir a por todas.
Iris
A young housewife and mother of two tries to cope with growing children and an unfaithful husband.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg died for betraying atomic secrets. Were they guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
Jessica
After 18 years of marriage, a middle-aged couple has to face the prospect of having their first child.
Miss Brown
The life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the early part of the 20th century, based on Thomas Wolfe's autobiographical novel of the same name.