A talk-radio host, who specializes in abusing and insulting his audience, gets a call from a disturbed teenage girl who says she is going to commit suicide. After first encouraging her, he has a change of heart and frantically tries to get his listeners to help find the girl before she makes good on her threat.
A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.
Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of his programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project and finally succeed. But Vaslovik seems to have installed a secret program in Questor's brain: He flees and starts to search for Vaslovik. Since half of his knowledge is missing, he needs the help of Jerry Robinson, who's now under suspect of having stolen the android.
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West"—so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). There's also Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney), a railroad tycoon, who, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (Henry Gibson), is trying to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for robbing him.
Hughie Mack, a not so nice western singer, is discovered by Clover Doyle as the next movie cowboy hero. His name is changed to Slim Carter and a promotional buildup begins. Leo Gallaher, an orphan boy wins the contest to spend a month with Slim. Leo is a good influence on his cowboy hero. Clover sees the good and more in Slim. Montana Burriss is Slim's double.
George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.
Aging advertising executive Alan Miller is a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called by the elevator operator of a residential hotel to come and intervene in the case of one of the guests, struggling Broadway actress Jenny Carey. The two find they have even more in common than their taste for drink. But Jenny wants to put an end to their romance because Alan is a married man, who moreover is the father of two children. How will Jenny and Alan resolve their feelings without destroying Alan's marriage?
조지 이스트맨(몽고메리 클리프트 분)은 가난하지만 잘 생기고 매력적이며 야망에 찬 인물로, 부유한 친척 찰스 이스트맨이 경영하는 공장에 취직하러 온 상태다. 외롭게 지내던 조지는 공장 여직원인 앨리스(셜리 윈터스)와 만나 사귀게 된다. 몇 달 후 승진하여 찰스의 소개로 사교계에 발을 들여놓게 된 조지는 눈부시게 아름다운 사교계의 꽃, 안젤라(엘리자베스 테일러)를 만나자마자 앨리스를 잊어버린다. 조지의 아이를 임신한 앨리스는 자신과 결혼하지 않으면 안젤라에게 이 사실을 폭로하겠다고 조지를 협박한다. 궁지에 몰리게 된 조지는 앨리스를 익사시키기 위해 배를 빌린다. 결국 앨리스는 익사하고 조지는 헤엄쳐서 살아나지만 경찰에 체포되고 사형을 선고받게 된다.
