Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try to make his fortune. This could enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.

Geoffrey Holden is an elderly conman who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter with the simple luxuries of life, yet has no qualms when working a racket devised to relieve his victims of their property. Tru...

A wealthy man hires a detective (Franchot Tone) to investigate his wife's past. The detective discovers that the wife had been a dancer and left her hometown with an actor. The latter is killed before he can talk, but with help from a showgirl the detective learns that the wife had used stolen papers from a girl friend to enter college after she had stolen $40,000 from the nightclub where she worked. The detective eventually learns that the husband had killed his wife after he discovered her past in order to avoid a scandal, and had hired the detective to try to frame him for the killing. Written by Les Adams

A renowned, relentless Paris detective takes his first vacation in 11 years at a small inn in the French countryside. There he meets and falls in love with the hotelier's daughter, who is betrothed to a neighboring farmer but hopes to marry him and move to Paris. On the evening of their engagement, both the fiancée and the farmer disappear. What has happened to them? Who is responsible? Can the famed detective apply his talents to a rural mystery? Written by klg19

An insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.