Robert Martin

Знаменитый медвежатник Док Риденшнайдер выходит из тюрьмы с готовым блестящим планом многомиллионной кражи со взломом. Он набирает группу профессионалов, а реализовать товар планирует через вальяжного скупщика краденого Эммериха. Свои преступные дела тот успешно сочетает с охмурением молоденькой любовницы — которая ждет от него слишком многого. Для каждого в бригаде это ограбление должно было стать рубежом, после которого началась бы новая, сладкая жизнь. Сначала все идет как по маслу, но трагическое стечение обстоятельств заставляет гангстеров бороться уже не за деньги, а за жизнь.

A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame, and is sent to Africa.

Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.

A teacher falls in love with the married owner of the guest house in which she is staying during a holiday to Austria.

It follows a doctor who faces both a scandal and a moral dilemma when a patient of his dies while he is making love to a press magnate's daughter.

A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed cash that a young electrician has in his tool box.

While a houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy. Instead of supporting De Levis, the host attempts to hush the matter up and when this fails, he sides with Dancy and subtly tries to destroy de Levis' reputation. When Dancy is later exposed, and commits suicide, de Levis is blamed for his demise.

Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон намерены защитить Мэри Морстан, девушку, до смерти напуганную сбежавшим убийцей, который разыскивает свое украденное наследство и жаждет отомстить тому, кто его украл. Он уже подбирается к Мэри в то время, как Холмс и Ватсон пытаются найти разгадку на странном карнавале, на котором присутствуют лишь карлики мужчины, покрытые татуировками. Когда же Мэри похищают, ситуация превращается в отчаянную борьбу за время.

Jane Bell has lived on an old barge moored in the Thames with her feckless father and sister ever since their mother died, but she would prefer her life to be more like the movies

An exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by foreign agents whilst honeymooning in Scotland.

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

At a reception given by Arthur Hilton at his Sussex home the conversation turns to the subject of danger, with Hilton recalling a case in which he was involved as a Natal police commissioner. In it there were three guilty persons, but only one of them was hanged; the other two were sentenced to long terms, vowing vengeance on Hilton. Unknown to him, the same two men are now among his guests, and are determined to have their revenge.

A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the hypocratic oath.

An orphan boy wins a prize for his drawing.

Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thieves who befriend him for their own purposes. All the while, there are secrets from Oliver's family history waiting to come to light. Written by Snow Leopard

Danny, a ragamuffin orphan, is adopted by a brutal plumber and his frail wife. His fear of hunger, resulting from his foster father's indifference, at one point leads him to substitute for the plumber in repairing a leak, but he causes a flood. Later, Danny is instrumental in saving a policeman's life and in sending the plumber to jail. He finds new happiness with his foster mother on her parents' farm.