A group of very strange men, refugees and casualties of the war, rally round when one of their number is framed by a drug racketeer. Co-opting a well-known journalist to their cause, they scheme to bring the racketeer to justice in a home-made "trial" in the crypt of a ruined church.
El joven dublinés, Gulliver Sheils, fantasea sobre como escaparía de su vida monótona y se iría a los Mares del Sur, a Tahiti. Careciendo del dinero para tal empresa, empieza a merodear por fuera del Colegio de Trinidad con la esperanza de rescatar a una persona rica de un accidente de tráfico que lo recompensará para su heroísmo.
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.