Coquettish socialite Kay Elliott has set her cap for Alan Ward, an associate in her father's law firm. But while pursuing Alan, she must fend off the advances of a greedy fortune-hunter, who is aided and abetted by his equally voracious sister.
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper-box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin, luck is against him, and he is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse feed, but suddenly a pl...
Evelyn Prentice is the respected wife of a high-profile New York attorney. Despite the prestige and status she enjoys, she feels neglected and out of boredom becomes involved with an unscrupulous womanizing poet, who gives her the attention she craves. She eventually finds herself a victim of blackmail and becomes involved in his murder. When another woman is accused of the cri...
Eager to land a journalistic position, Adam White goes to work as an advice-giving newspaper columnist. His editor, Shrike, takes pleasure in browbeating his alcoholic wife Florence for her past adultery, and assigning his employees journalistic jobs for which they have little aptitude or interest. Shrike goads Adam into meeting one of his correspondents, Fay Doyle, a teary, se...
Nick and Nora's hopes for a pleasant afternoon at the local race track are dashed when a jockey is found shot dead in the locker room. Nick's friend Lt. Abrams wants him to help out but Nick is enjoying the good life too much to get involved. However, he is subsequently approached by Major Scully to look into corruption and the role of organized crime in gambling. Others are ki...
孤儿爱德华·布莱克·伽纳尔和吉姆·瓦德是两个从就在一起生活的非常要好的朋友,但是当他们长大成人之后,却选择了两条不同的人生道路。布莱克一心沉迷于赌博,成了一个铁石心肠的诈骗者。瓦德热爱读书,当了一名地方法院的检察官,他非常想要成为**官员。当布莱克的女朋友离开了他,竟然嫁给了诚实勤奋的瓦德。然而,布莱克却并没有因此而产生半点怨恨。实际上,他们之间的情感是如此深厚,以至于布莱克杀死了一名因为竞争而威胁瓦德成为**官员的律师。正直的瓦德担任检察官的最后工作就是提审这个是他最好朋友的杀人犯,并把他送上电椅。当他成为**官员之后,瓦德有了为布莱克减刑的权利。这样的决定显然将把瓦德卷入到伦理和生命、情谊的斗争中。