A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.
Psychiatrists move in with bickering stage spouses and start bickering too.
Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.
