A banker seemingly catches his son red-handed stealing jewels from an ornamental crown left in his care as collateral on a loan. Sherlock Holmes is called in to extract a confession, but ends up solving a mystery when he encounters a suspect whose silence is more telling than a confession.

An actress becomes so obsessed with the part she is playing, she starts to lose her sense of self and take on the traits of the tragic figure she plays.

A wealthy man disappears in the desert with only his wounded horse to provide any clues. All clues point to his nephew and only heir who is arrested for the crime. A case of expensive wine shows the way to the real killer.

While having dinner in a restaurant, a man spots a man whom he feels is a threat to mankind. They both come from the same planet, but it's not Earth!

This is the curious tale of an old actor who wanders about the city committing petty crimes and getting into mischief. He apparently has no qualms about stealing, but is he also a killer?

After wrecking her car on a deserted country road, a woman hitches a short ride on a boat to an island resort on a lake. That island has an unusual name and she finds herself in unusual circumstances.

A middle-aged man loses his job because a computer determines that he is too old to be productive. The man tries to find work elsewhere, but other computers advise against hiring him. Desperate to support his family, he tries to kill himself for the life insurance money, but a computer... Meanwhile, his wife doesn't know he lost his job.

Two writers who are working on a murder mystery end up on the same jury trial involving a murder case. They encounter the ghost of the deceased who does his part to assure justice for his killer.

A man, engaged to be married, starts courting his best friend's secretary — much to his friend's chagrin. When the secretary finds out that she is being played, she takes drastic action. The man is accused of murdering her.

An famous actress, who used to be a member of the French Underground, receives a recently fired pistol in the mail. It is later used to frame her for the murder of her lover. To find the real killer and trap him, she must use every ounce of her extraordinary talent, intelligence, popularity, and guile.