Margaret
Unos delincuentes de poca monta deciden atracar la sucursal de un banco de Brooklyn. Sin embargo, debido a su inexperiencia, el robo, que había sido planeado para ser ejecutado en apenas diez minutos, se convierte en una trampa para los atracadores y en un espectáculo para la televisión en directo.
Mrs. McClain
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.
Gladys
A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.
Mrs. Donner
In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf and mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.