A woman takes in her niece who is suspected of murdering her parents. Although she fights her neighbors' attempts to shun the girl, she has to admit she believes their suspicions are true.
A private stenographer is accused of murdering her employer by a cynical, woman-hating detective. She is booked and arraigned and confers with a rookie attorney who advises her to plead guilty before the truth finally comes out.
When a major film star loses her sight in a car accident, a tough but fair assistant helps her to accept her blindness by placing her in difficult situations.
A deaf-mute witnesses a murder but is unable to tell the police what he knows. Meanwhile the killer and his accomplice seek to find the deaf-mute in order to eliminate him.
Following a frustrating business meeting, an architect hits a boy on a bicycle with his car and flees the scene. He must then face the reaction of his family and community.