After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
Respectable schoolmaster returns from work on the eve of a wedding anniversary holiday to find a strange man dead in their bathroom and his wife missing.
The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
A drama unfolding in the business world where shrewd methods are adopted by a boss to select a suitable yes-man for the Board.
A boy and girl find true love for each other and escape from boredom and crime.
