Morris Macready
Отсидев срок за убийство, Уилл Паркер выходит на свободу в разгар Великой Депрессии. В маленьком городке ему попадается на глаза объявление одинокой Элли Динсмор, которой «требуется работник на должность мужа».
Многое повидавшая на своем веку Элли не ждет от жизни романтических чудес, но постепенно деловитый и обходительный странник становится для нее родной душой и надежной опорой. Ей плевать на скверное прошлое Уилла, и когда его снова обвинят в убийстве, Элли придется сделать все, чтобы защитить честь своего мужа и свою непростую любовь.
Rudy Bruger
Paul and Kathy Plunk buy a small motel in a lonesome mountain region in Oregon. Their newfound tranquility is broken by a pair of guests who turn out to be wanted criminals on run from the police. They need money, so they assault the Plunks, force them to withdraw all their money from the bank. But the nightmare just begins as they take the Plunks and their baby with them as hostages.
Conductor #1
Одинокая молодая женщина Кэрол Ханикат, согласившись на уговоры друзей, мечтавших выдать ее замуж, отправляется на свидание вслепую с адвокатом Майклом Тарлоу, но неожиданно становится единственной свидетельницей его убийства. Узнав из новостей, что Майкл — адвокат знаменитого гангстера Лео Уотса, который и был одним из убийц, женщина понимает, что отныне ее жизнь в опасности.
Doc
Two brothers' lives are changed forever when they hit the road to a snowbound Alaskan village. Brother Ray and Pete had been feuding for years. So, when their ailing father asks them to drive a semitruck full of gifts and supplies from California to the isolated Alaskan village of Willow Creek, they agree ---- reluctantly. Along the way, they pick up trouble when they're joined by Jessie, who is Ray's estranged wife and Pete's ex-girlfriend. Then, a blizzard strands the truck deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Miles from help, with time running our fast, they realize only a miracle can save them. But, as they are about to be reminded, Christmas...is the season for miracles.
Art Hart
Nurse and con artist Belle Haimes (Valri Bromfield) lives with her dull-witted husband Rex Haimes (Stephen E. Miller) in the Hart Mansion in British Columbia. There she cares for the invalid, 103 year-old Slim Hart, aka Pappy, (Joe Austin) and his wife, Minnie (Enid Saunders) who is in a coma. Waking up from a sleep, Belle is not enthusiastic about returning to her job and overhears the night nurse (Leslie Jones) reading a postcard from the Hart's two twin boys, Martin Hart (Eric Christmas) and Art Hart (Ted Stidder) that they will be returning home soon. Belle plots the death of old Mrs. Hart and the kidnapping of Old Pappy but things don't go quite according to plan.
Old Billy
После выписки из больницы миссис Делафилд (уже далеко не молодая и обеспеченная вдова) начинает проявлять симпатию к своему лечащему врачу (небогат и разведен), который моложе ее на пять лет. Взаимная симпатия приводит героев к мысли: "А не пожениться ли нам?" Дети обеих сторон в шоке.
Dr. Corsay
Dan and Julie Evans are looking for a fresh start after Dan is cut from his pro football team due to age. They move into a palatial, coastal house and Dan starts a new career as a sportscaster, but the loss of his career has stirred up a deep vulnerability and it has spilled over into his sex life with his wife. With no outlet for her desires, Julie begins to fantasize, but it seems alarmingly real. Soon, the fantasy man is haunting her every waking moment and coming between her and Dan, and Julie comes to fear that their home may be haunted.
Mr. Anderson
An elderly widow must find meaning and activity in her life when her son suggests she is no longer capable of handling her own affairs.
A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but becomes a father-figure to the young man.
Timms
During the height of the Vietnam war, a hippie and a draft dodger get together and hatch a plan to flee to Canada. They steal a car and head towards Vancouver, but the trip doesn't go as smoothly as they planned, and before long they're being chased by the police, accused of murdering several police officers.