A 20th century professor of anthropology discovers a letter written during the Civil War that hints of a group of immortals. The document indicates that a group of Civil War veterans may have found immortality. He decides to hunt them down and see if they made it.
A couple of modest income find that they can have whatever they want just by wishing for it together. They don't find a downside to their discovery until they start using their newfound power to right some perceived wrongs.
An imaginary tale about the origin of the famous painting, the Mona Lisa. In 1498 Italy, Leonardo daVinci gets a request from a wealthy silk merchant to paint the merchant's wife. When daVinci alters the woman's persistent smile in his rendering, it results in a celebrated painting — much to the envy of the husband.
An unemployed advertising agent plays a pickup game of chess in the park with a stranger. That game of chess leads him into an adventure he never anticipated.
A couple witness a man and his girlfriend plotting the murder of the man's uncle. Waldo is determined to prevent the murder. There's only one problem — Waldo is a caged monkey at the zoo. Despite their best efforts, they can't make the humans pay attention.
A reporter interviews a man who manages to frame himself for murder — his own murder! Based on a true story.
A sophisticated art thief plays cat and mouse with a French detective.
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A killer who breaks out of a maximum security prison murders a man and attempts to murder a pretty young blonde witness until she convinces him to take her along as a traveling compatriot.
The wife of a vicious and corrupt boxer, 'Killer' Vincent, tries to get a divorce to marry the man she loves. He won't divorce her and assaults her lover. The boxer's trainer and father-in-law is trapped in the middle. Vincent gets what he deserves when he faces the champ.
The writer for a British aviation magazine works part time to ferret out commuist spies in the aviation industry.