A man riding his motorcycle across the country hooks up with an elderly horticulturalist who puts him through college. One day, while riding in the country and admiring the wildflowers, he encounters a girl who asks him for a ride to a mysterious country house where he learns the secret of her past.
A meek, law-abiding yacht owner is lured into drug smuggling by a friend who is eager to make a quick and easy buck. He finds it exhilarating until he witnesses a murder and he is unable to quell his troubled conscience. When the yacht owner wants out, pressure is applied to keep him in.
A soap opera star is kidnapped by a derranged fan who is in love with her and wants to prevent her marriage to another soap star on the show. He plans to wed her himself. Meanwhile, her cop husband tries to track him down before it is too late.
A few years after the war has ended, a Vietnam veteran, teetering on the edge of sanity, is sure he killed his former sergeant who tormented him during his tour of duty. His girlfriend seeks the assistance of a psychologist to help him.
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An aristocrat kills his cousin in a duel to possess his estate, wealth, and woman. On his deathbed, the dying cousin promises to haunt his murderous cousin. The aristocrat spends the rest of his years bedeviled by a spirit that shows up at the most inopportune times.
A claustrophobic woman is trapped in her apartment and calls a friend to plead with her to let her out. Despite their best efforts, the woman and her husband are unable to open the door. The consequences are dramatic.
An elderly lady author, her niece, and her publisher's nephew are held captive in the author's secluded home by a pair of muslim extremists. The terrorists must wait for their people to retrieve them and they expect the residents to take care of them. In the meantime, armed with only their wits, the brave trio plots to escape.
In 1803, a dumb general deeds the entire western United States to an obscure Indian tribe. One hundred and seventy-five years later, the only living member of that tribe wants to collect — and she has the only copy of the treaty that exists (signed on the back of a jacket) to back her up. A small time con man tries to cash in.
An eccentric old man has a strange fear of mirrors and will allow none in his house. He is convinced that instead of his own image, the image of death is in the mirror. A friend investigates his strange phobia.
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A computer error allows a crooked lawyer in Manilla to reap a $999,000 windfall. When the bank president discovers the error, he tries to collect from the crooked lawyer. To do so, he calls in a favor from the best lawyer in the world.