Mort
Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli, and a very unlikely, funny and touching relationship develops between two lost souls in the big city.
Dispatcher ("Municipalians")
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.
Ernie
A female bicycle messenger is looking for love in New York City and becomes involved with two very different men.
Tavern Drunk
A young girl is accidentally run down by a car driven by a careless city slicker. This careless injustice provokes the girl's grandfather into summoning his mystical powers and placing a death curse on the young man. Desperate to stave off the dire consequences of the hex, Barry seeks the counsel of a local psychic medium
Roger
Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace, and also between his career as a successful illustrator and his feeling that he might still produce something worthwhile.
Photographer
По роману Бена Хечта. Галена, Иллинойс, 1910 год. Во время празднования Дня независимости днём независимости Бен Янг решает, что пришло время найти свою удачу и отправиться в Чикаго. Но в Чикаго у него крадут все деньги, и он падает в обморок от голода. На помощь к нему приходит Куин Лил, местная госпожа, которая берет его в свой бордель, где ему разрешают остаться на верхнем этаже дома. Куин Лил находит Бену работу в журнале, где он встречает грубого, но доброго редактора Фрэнсиса Салливана. Салливан берет Бена в тур по Тендерлойну, где Бен многое узнает о политических реалиях города. Бен решает посвятить свою жизнь преобразованию теневой политики Чикаго.
Newt
Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
