The Chef
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony
Customs Official
리오 데 자네이로의 한 술집에서 헨리 홀란드는 동석한 남자에게 자신의 지난 얘기를 들려준다. 1년 전 영국, 홀란드는 제련소에서 영국은행으로 금괴를 운반하는 일을 감독하고 있다. 그는 매우 소심한 사람으로 소문이 나있지만, 비밀리에 일생일대의 강도 사건을 꾸미고 있다. 그의 계획에서 가장 어려운 부분은 어떻게 금괴를 해외로 빼돌릴 것인가이다.
Barber
Visiting in England, an American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European country, and discovers the operation he is to perform is on the Vosnian dictator. When the latter dies, he is replaced by a look-alike, but Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit by the secret police of Vosnia since it is vital to Vosnia that the dictator's death does not become known. Fleeing, he seeks help from an actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two are harried across the countryside.
Central European
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
Angelo the Cafe Proprieter
Murder drama set in Soho involving a police inspector, a newspaper reporter and a country girl.
The Spider
A reporter gets on the trail of a mob peddling wood alcohol as gin. Noel Dryden, Paul Demel, Daphne Day.
August
With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seeks refuge in France. But on reaching the frontier, the band is disarmed, and all are detained as political prisoners. Then come instructions from Vichy that all fit prisoners are to be sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans. However, one man manages to escape to London with vital information for the Allies.
M. Saladoff
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams
Karel Demel
Rudolf Zlámal