Margaret
Quando o inexperiente criminoso Sonny Wortzik lidera um assalto a um banco em Brooklyn, as coisas rapidamente dão errado e uma situação de refém se desenvolve. Sonny e seu cúmplice, Sal Naturile, tentam desesperadamente permanecer em controle, mas a mídia vai à loucura e o FBI chega, criando uma tensão ainda maior. Gradualmente, os verdadeiros motivos para o roubo são revelados.
Mrs. McClain
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.
Gladys
A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.
Mrs. Donner
In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf and mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.