Seikkailuelokuva postilentäjistä Andien vuoristossa vaarojen, sumun ja rakkauksien keskellä.
Sophie Scholl ja hänen veljensä Hans kuuluivat Valkoinen ruusu -liikkeeseen, joka vastusti natsihallintoa. Vuonna 1943 he jäivät kiinni natsivastaisten lentolehtisten levittämisestä, tuomittiin kuolemaan ja teloitettiin. Elokuva keskittyy Sophien kuulusteluihin Gestapon kynsissä ja sen jälkeen siirrytään varsinaiseen oikeudenkäyntiin. Tiukka tunnelma säilyy koko ajan.
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister fires his secretary, Miss Tracy, just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check "girl" known as Mother Hodges; Avery Jamieson, a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don't let Terry make any test flights.
An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be hidden and his wounds cared for. The Gestapo has already issued orders for their arrest.
When 12 year old Ben sets out to win the local trolly derby in memory of his father, he learns what matters in life when he is forced to battle cheating opponents, the school loan sharks and a mother who has banned him from the race.
During World War I, an American pilot vows to bring down the German ace responsible for his friend's death.