A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.

A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.

A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

An ingenue insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.

Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

An allegorical tale about a man fighting the good and evil within him. Both sides are made flesh - one a sophisticated woman he is attracted to and the other his wife.

An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.

A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.