En un pueblo de refugiados hugonotes, Jonathan Standing es exiliado por su padre a una colonia penal de las inmediaciones por su relación impropia con una mujer casada. Esta colonia penal es invadida después por piratas que obligan a Jonathan a llevarlos de vuelta a su pueblo, convencidos de que alberga un gran tesoro.
Jean Carter, la hija de 11 años de una familia que recién se ha mudado a un pequeño pueblo de Canadá, dice haber sido corrompida por un hombre que le ofreció caramelos. El viejo del que hablaba la niña resulta ser el Sr. Olderberry, abuelo de la familia más antigua, arraigada y poderosa de la ciudad. Aunque los padres están convencidos en denunciar el caso a la policía, el proceso judicial no será tan sencillo como esperaban.
When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief escapes, Merton tries to contact former members of the regiment, in order to find out what set the thief on the road to crime.
After World War 2, a newly married couple travel to Italy on their honeymoon and visit the town where the husband fought. The town, however, holds some secrets.
A husband cheats on his disabled wife--who has been paralyzed in a car accident--with her sister. When the sister is murdered he is accused of the crime, but it turns out that he may not be the killer after all.
Garage owner Harry Stone buys a racehorse, Brownie, from Peggy Lanstone and, according to formula, hires Peggy as the steed's trainer. When the filly finishes a mere second in the Oaks, Harry's snooty fiancee, Muriel, who never liked the setup anyway, disgustedly heads for greener pastures. Harry promptly marries Peggy, and, after an official investigation of the Oaks' results, Brownie gets revenge on the fickle Muriel.
