Albert Van Antwerp

Un Néerlandais auteur de romans policiers, Leyden, enquête sur la vie d'un individu aux multiples facettes, espion, escroc et criminel international, Dimitrios, qui vient de disparaître. Il rencontre des gens l'ayant connu qui évoquent sa carrière mouvementée. Une des victimes de Dimitrios, Peters, révèle à Leyden que Dimitrios a mis en scène sa mort pour vivre tranquille. Peters se sert de Leyden pour faire chanter Dimitrios, lequel tente d'assassiner ses adversaires. Dimitrios et Peters s'entretuent.

A fire engulfs a shipload of prospectors and adventurers making their way to Alaska. In the confusion, Mrs. Stanlaw is separated from her young daughter, who ends up in the care of 'Horseshoe' Riley and Bob Dexter.

A "Peeping Tom" likes to look through windows at women undressing. We see him as he sneaks a peek at two subjects. The first, a woman dressed in lingerie, is young, shapely and attractive. The second, to be charitable, isn't. That doesn't stop him, and the viewer, from getting an eyeful.

Jean Picard, un criminel français devant être exécuté, est sauvé fortuitement par un bombardement allemand. Le train qu'il emprunte est saboté par la Résistance et les Allemands exigent le coupable sinon ils fusillent des otages. Jean Picard va se dénoncer sur la suggestion du policier à ses trousses afin de se racheter.

Businesswoman Eleanor Lathrop becomes an advisor to Richard Emerson, an ambitious young engineer. He becomes very successful with her help, and to avoid the talk that surrounds their relationship, she suggests that he marry Mary Virginia Lee, a Southern girl from an aristocratic but impoverished family. Mary is happy to wed Emerson since she is tired of being poor. On their honeymoon, she reveals that she got married only to have luxuries, and Emerson admits that he was looking for social standing. After their confessions, they decide it's best to lead separate lives. Emerson stays at his club in New York, while Mary lives at his country home. Eleanor becomes jealous of Mary's position, even though she's the one who spends her time with Emerson.