2차대전, 영국인 수잔(메릴 스트립)은 프랑스에서 첩보원으로 활동하면서 레지스탕스 운동을 돕는다. 2차 대전이 끝나갈 무렵에는 다른 비밀 요원 라자르(샘 닐)와 운명적인 사랑에 빠지기도 한다. 전쟁이 끝난 뒤, 결혼을 하게된 그녀는 일상적인 생활 속에서 삶의 의미를 찾지 못하고 자꾸 사람들과 멀어지며 고립되어 가는데..
Interested in becoming a serious actor, Mr. Pastry (Richard Hearne) seeks out the services of a down-and-out Professor (Buster Keaton) to help him become the dramatic thespian he hopes to be.
An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband. It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.
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.
