Arnold L. Rich

A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did the same 20 years prior.

The ex-girlfriend of a laywer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.

The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter the priesthood. He soon realizes that he doesn't belong there and leaves to join his friend, Eddie's band. Ethel, Eddie's girlfriend, convinces Gene to go to New York and make it big. The 3 of them head to New York. Here Ethel and Gene soon fall in love and Gene makes a name for himself. Gene starts to live in the fast lane, with drugs, alcohol, women and parties. Ethel, unhappy with Gene's lifestyle, leaves him. Gene soon "hits rock bottom" where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life.

도박에서 말을 잃은 팻 브레넌은 신혼 부부 윌러드와 도레타 밈스가 탄 역마차를 얻어 탄다. 다음 역에서 마차 승객들은 어셔가 이끄는 무법자 3인조의 손에 떨어진다. 어셔는 도레타가 부유한 구리 광산주의 딸임을 알아내고, 몸값을 받아내기로 한다. 어셔가 자신의 요구에 대한 응답을 기다리는 24시간 동안 긴장이 고조되고, 브레넌과 도레타 사이에는 로맨틱한 관계가 키워져 가는데...