Pet Mortician
Eli is a burglar who is caught in the act by Twinkle, an heiress who coerces him into a sexual relationship. Their violent break-up makes him a fugitive in search of a new identity. He lands in a trashy trailer park where he touches the lives of several dysfunctional residents.
Rippey
ロサンゼルス。私立探偵のギテスは、建設会社の経営者バーマンから妻キティの浮気調査を依頼される。だが、浮気現場を押さえたバーマンが相手の男を殺害してしまう。しかもその被害者は、バーマンの会社の共同経営者であるボディーンだった。ところが、凶器はボディーンのものだったことなどからバーマンは無罪放免に。また浮気現場で盗聴していたテープには、かつての案件で出会ったイヴリンの名とその娘のことが語られていた。そしてギテスは、単純に見えた今回の依頼の背後に巧妙な策謀が存在することを嗅ぎつけ、バーマンのもとへ行き着くのだが…。
Desk Clerk
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
Steve
Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to sleep in the car. Even worse, her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down. Louise lives a happy life with her veterinarian husband, Albert. She runs an antique shop on the side, but since it doesn't take in any profit, the IRS considers it a hobby. She needs to come up with the money to keep it going, or she will be trouble with the IRS. Elaine's husband has left her for another woman and without any money. She is in a constant struggle with banks, power companies, and gas stations. She needs money to get by and also catches the eye of police officer Jack. The local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation.
Makeup Man (uncredited)
アポロとの死闘で判定負けしたロッキーは、危険なボクシングから足を洗い、恋人エイドリアンと結婚。正業に就いて家庭を築こうとするが、ボクシング一筋に生きてきた彼はどんな仕事をしてもうまくいかない。一方、無名のロッキーをKOできなかったアポロはチャンピオンとしてのプライドを打ち砕かれ、評価も人気も失っていた。復讐に燃えるアポロはマスコミを使ってロッキーを挑発、再戦のリングに引きずり上げようと画策する。
Reynald
A variety of people are drawn together through their participation in an amateur talent contest in a country roadhouse.
Bliss
Mother, Jugs and Speed work for a ambulance company competing for a L.A. city contract.
Telegrapher
A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train robber and his gang.
Clerk
1937年のロスアンゼルス。私立探偵ジェイクはモーレイ夫人からダム建設技師である夫の浮気調査を依頼される。だが、盗み取りした写真がなぜか新聞に掲載され、それを見たもうひとりのモーレイ夫人が現れる。実は彼女こそ本物で、名をイヴリンという。ジェイクはこれがダム建設をめぐる疑惑と関係ありと睨んで調査を開始するが、モーレイは溺死体で発見され、ジェイクもまた謎の男たちに暴行を受ける。探偵と依頼人という関係を越えはじめたイヴリンとジェイクだったが、なおも謎は深まるばかりだった……。
T.V. Panelist
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
Astro
Country girl comes to the big city, gets into all kinds of trouble.
