One man convinces the rest of the jury to vote "not-guilty" on charges against a wealthy industrialist. Now, he feels the cleared man owes him big.

A World War I hero operates on the belief that money, and lots of it, buys happiness. He jumps into the airplane business, believing it will offer big bucks, but soon fails. He plunges into the stock market and meets a woman, but she soon leaves him because of his iffy finances. His single minded goal of money continues to negatively influence his career choices and his relationships.

Based on a true story, a man performs heroic acts against Communists in East Berlin during an uprising on June 17th of the previous summer.