Eine Firmenparty im Haus seines Bosses Gunter wird zum Wendepunkt in Howard Brubakers Leben. Die Dame des Hauses nämlich, Catherine fühlt sich so fehl am Platz, daß sie Howard das Angebot macht, anderswo noch etwas zu trinken, ohne daß er ihre Identität ahnt. Aus dem Ausflug wird eine zauberhafte Reise durch die Nacht, denn die beiden sind sich nicht nur sympathisch, sie sind auch beide in ihren Ehen unglücklich, Howard vor allem,...
Der intellektuelle Ansell und Instinktmensch MacConnachie sind gerade gemeinsam der Gefangenschaft entkommen. Mit Handschellen gefesselt fliehen die beiden durch eine karge Steinwüste und eine schwach besiedelte Ebene, bis sie schließlich ein steil aufragendes Gebirge erreichen. Dabei werden sie unablässig und gnadenlos verfolgt von einem schwarzen Helikopter, dessen Insassen nun scheinbar eher ein grausames Spielchen mit den Flüchtigen treiben wollen, als sie tatsächlich vorzeitig zu fassen...
An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the memories of life in his home town. When he is finally released from the camp, and is discharged from the military, he goes back to his town - but he can find no trace whatsoever of it.
Georgie Soloway, ein erfolgreicher Musiker und Komponist, gerät in eine Midlife-Crisis, die dadurch verstärkt wird, daß ein ominöser Fremder namens Harry Kellerman bei all seinen Freunden und Bekannten anruft und sie vor ihmwarnt. Wer ist dieser Harry Kellerman, und warum erzählt er diese schrecklichen Geschichten über ihn?
A doctor trying to fight a diphtheria epidemic comes into conflict with a police captain who is using all his resources to track down a cop-killer.
A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him.
In 1960, the ruins of an American bomber were found in the Libyan desert, but the remains of the crew were never located. In Guerdon Trueblood's teleplay, the ghosts of a bomber crew hang around their derelict plane, awaiting the day that their bones will be recovered and given a decent burial. The sole survivor, navigator Russell Hamner, has in the intervening 25 years become a General. He joins an investigation team that has come across the wreckage, while the ghosts, headed by Major Devlin, plot to expose Hamner as a coward who deserted his post and left his crew mates to die.
Three financially down-and-out buddies plot to pull a bank robbery to cure their financial woes.
A man fleeing the scene after shooting his wife's lover forms an unexpected relationship with the tough cab driver he hires to drive him to the Mexican border.
A man comes home after serving time in prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's estate. However, his stepfather, who holds him responsible for his own son's death, intends to fight him for everything.
Architect's life is plagued by his ex-wife, a master manipulator, whose constant clawing is about to drive off his new love, and his clientèle. As a hobby, he enjoys training a rare harpy eagle, with a Native-American pal, who empathizes with his plight, and a plan of action coalesces.