Stella est une jeune femme issue de la classe ouvrière. Elle a l’ambition d’épouser Stephen Dallas, un homme issu d’une autre classe, montant ainsi dans la « haute ». Elle n’y arrivera pas, ou si mal, et Stephen sera de plus en plus distant vis-à-vis de Stella. Le ménage finit par sombrer, et Stella se retrouve seule avec sa fille Laurel, pour laquelle elle se bat afin de lui assurer un avenir meilleur. Seule Laurel, élevée tantôt chez sa mère, tantôt chez son père, parviendra à réaliser le rêve de sa mère, au prix du sacrifice affectif de cette dernière.
Anni est une chanteuse de cabaret séduisante mais désillusionnée. Elle se laisse un jour convaincre par un des clients du cabaret, le comte Armalia, de passer deux semaines dans une station tyrolienne luxueuse (en se faisant passer pour une aristocrate). Sur place, elle se fait de suite courtiser par deux hommes : le riche Rudi Pal et le postier du village, Giulio .....
1844. Miranda se rend au château de Dragonwyck pour s'occuper de la petite fille de Nicholas Van Ryn, dont l'épouse est sur le point de mourir. Van Ryn s'éprend de Miranda et lorsque sa femme meurt, il demande à la jeune fille de l'épouser. Mais les rapports entre les deux jeunes époux changent lorsque Miranda accouche d'un enfant mort-né.
Le Comte Dakkar, un scientifique et dirigeant bénévole qui a ôté toute distinction de classe sociale parmi les habitants de l'île, gouverne sur une île volcanique proche du royaume Hetvia. Dakkar, sa fille Sonia et son fiancé, l'ingénieur Nicolai Roget, ont dessiné un sous-marin que Roget pilote. Jusqu'au jour où l'île est envahie par le Baron Falon, gouverneur despotique d'Hetvia. Falon poursuit Roget dans un second sous-marin. Les deux équipages découvrent sous les fonds de l'océan un étrange pays peuplé de dragons, de calamars géants et d'une étrange race humanoïde encore inconnue.
The Talbots, formerly one of the Eastern Shore's first families, have gone to seed: Pap is a drunk, soddenly decaying in his ruined ancestral home, and three of his sons (William, Carol, and Ezra) are lazy, shiftless young men. Mulligan, Pap's second son who supports the entire family by oyster fishing, falls in love with wealthy Anna Lee, but when he first kisses her, she calls him "white trash."
A millionaire courts a working-class woman.
A boy grows up not knowing his real identity. One day a mysterious lady, claiming to be his real mother, divulges the truth about his roots. He is caught between leaving his past and living his new life.
Après un naufrage, le majordome d'une famille de la haute société londonienne veut prendre le commandement du groupe réfugié sur une île déserte.
Rich heir Lee Man, passionately in love with Pak Siu-ping, leaves the family defiantly after a dispute with his father Cheung-fat over an arranged marriage. Man walks into the barber shop owned by his splitting image Chiu Tak, throwing his wife Cheng Ying, friends and patrons into confusion. Believing that Chiu has strayed, the infuriated wife leaves home. Abducted to the nuptial hall, Chiu shuns the arranged bride, waiting and lurking for his escapade. The puzzle is solved when the two men finally meet face-to-face. Chiu and his wife rekindle their romance after Chiu's feigned death, plotted by Man to put their love through the ultimate test. Cheung-fat, who witnesses Pak's outpour of affection over the presumed death of Man, gives his blessing to the lovers. The barber shop enjoys a booming business with the capital brought in by Man.
Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan, but reluctant to take charity from Will. He moves in with them, and they keep resisting, until one day he takes drastic action.
Bus Money dons various disguises on public buses to protect the defenceless from the bullies and receives heroic praise. Money meets Tai Ngau, a righteous journalist, when they bear witness to the callous response of Manager Mo to the death of his servant Ah-kwai. Tai writes to redress grievances of the deceased. When visiting the family of orphans, he chances on his kindred spirit giving the eldest daughter Ah-yin a gift of gold. Money exploits the weakness of Mo and her connection with his son Sze-fu to swindle a fortune out of the lewd man for the benefits of the fatherless children. Her rage grows learning that Mo's friend Fong Hak-sang has pulled off a lucrative fraud on returned overseas Chinese and forces Ah-yin to pledge herself in paying off her father's debts. Money, who has all kinds of tricks up her sleeve, teams up with Tai and gives Mo and Fong their comeuppance before setting off on her next mission.
Industrialist Tam Kar-cheung knowingly puts the lives of his workers at risk so as to line his pocket with insurance payments. The chivalrous Bus Money gets into fisticuffs with Tam's chauffeur, Tam Biu, who bears a grudge against the assailant. When Money catches wind of Kar-cheung's vicious plot to set fire to a squatter area to clear the path for a property development project, she moves in and watches vigilantly for signs of arson. Soon, she saves Ah-hau, Biu's girlfriend and a young victim of drug rape, from her suicidal attempt by drowning. Money pursues fragments of clues which lead her to the victim's boss, Taipan Cheung who sucks up to his master Kar-cheung by drawing his prey to her trap. Money then organises squatter residences into fire brigade to guard against arson attacks and exposes Kar-cheung's evil. Realising he has been exploited for his blind loyalty, Biu teams up with Money to dispense justice.