Salem, Massachusetts, 1800. Jason Starbuck (Jeff Chandlerna) chega a cidade para negociar peles e realizar sonhos, mas acaba se apaixonando por Roxana (Rhonda Fleming), que acaba rompendo seu noivado e parte para França para aguardar Jason. O navio que transporta Roxana é atacado por piratas e ela é vendida como escrava no Marrocos. Jason segue para o Marrocos e deve ganhar o apoio do sultão, a fim de localizar e salvar Roxana.
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. Bits include Lou's mirage sightings, one a New York newsboy ("they gave me a bad corner").
A young boy, Pip, encounters an escaped prisoner, Magwitch, and steals food for him. After the convict is captured, Pip meets the reclusive Miss Havisham and her niece, Estella, eventually becoming friends with the girl. Wealth comes to Pip via a mysterious benefactor and he goes off to London for an education. As adults, Pip and Estella become romantic, and Pip learns the identity of his patron.
