Chicago, años treinta. Johnny Hooker y Henry Gondorff son dos timadores que deciden vengar la muerte de un viejo y querido colega, asesinado por orden de un poderoso gángster llamado Doyle Lonnegan. Para ello urdirán un ingenioso y complicado plan con la ayuda de todos sus amigos y conocidos.

A young man has recently become homeless on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland. He meets and befriends an older homeless man who takes him under his wing. A conversation begins between the two that leads to dark revelations.

Returning from an errand to buy bread, a boy finds a menacing dog blocking his way through the alley he must go down to get home. Frightened by the dog's barking, he asks various passers-by for help but no-one pays him any attention, and he must find a solution all by himself: he throws the dog a piece of bread and, while the animal is devouring it, he continues on his way home.

A distressed woman, a femme fatale, and a villainous bastard become entangled in a seedy world of lust, murder, and manipulation.

Clare has only her dog to keep her company. Her life isn't going so well. This morning, it's about to get much worse.