Attorney Jud Hollister talks unhappily married Paula Manning into staging a murder to get rid of her husband.

Ambitious and domineering, Avis Fleming decides to cheat an old family friend to impress Dexter Willis, an attorney she had once hoped to marry. When her two brothers, Ben and Collins, object, Avis sidesteps them with a threat of blackmail.

Madge Terry accompanies her sister-in-law, Helene, on a visit to a mysterious fortuneteller named Pierre. Haunted by guilt about the death of her husband, Madge becomes alarmed when the medium claims to have contacted him through a seance.

Trapped alone with two men, restaurateur Amanda Prescott is forced to decide which of the two - Horace or Joe - is an escaped psychopathic killer.

Disillusioned and afraid of growing older, Hazel Wexley finds $100,000 and a new set of values. A chance meeting with gangster Jake Lytell and some hard-hitting advice from a bartender finally give Hazel the opportunity to realize a longstanding dream.

Mining engineer Clint Evans and his wife, Fanny, wait until the last minute to leave their post in a revolution-torn Latin American country. Their car is commandeered by a group of rebels who are fleeing bandidos -- leaving Clint and Fanny trapped in peril.

Gentle Louise Forest is willing to accept her punishment when her employer, Mr. Carlisle, discovers she has embezzled $22,711. She doesn't, however, expect to be the intended victim of a killer hired by Carlisle to cover his tracks.

Attorney Maggie McClay risks her career and marriage to Mac McClay to help an immigrant mother retain custody of her infant against the wishes of the girl's wealthy mother-in-law, Tess Freeland.