In 'Pimpernel' Smith, a British spy and university professor, disguised as an absent-minded archaeologist, uses his wit and subterfuge to rescue Polish scientists from a concentration camp and outsmart the Gestapo.

Busman's Honeymoon follows a newlywed couple, Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, as they embark on their honeymoon. However, their plans for a peaceful getaway are disrupted when a murder occurs at the house they are staying at. With Lord Peter's detective skills and Harriet's own curiosity, the couple sets out to solve the mystery and catch the killer, all while navigating the complexities of married life.

Archie Slott inherits a successful racing stable from his dissolute uncle, but his sanctimonious aunt tries to convince him to sell it off. In an attempt to avoid doing so, he accidentally buys a failing all-in wrestling stadium as well. Now Archie is faced with the tasks of ensuring success for his stable's Derby entry, paying the salaries of his newly-acquired wrestlers, and avoiding a plot to convert the stables into a holiday home.

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.

A couple of lonesome wives, Marion Carter and Diana Cheswick fall for philanderer Leonard Drummon, and arrange to get their husbands, Geoffrey Carter and Morgan Cheswick, off to Paris so they can be free for one night of fun and frolic. The husbands are all for this as they think it will cure their wives of being infatuated with this man-about-town. And they might run into some fun in Paris. Actually, the philanderer is the one who put the idea in their heads to go away so the coast will be clear for his marauding raid party, with no intentions of curing anybody of anything.

A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him.

Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) "borrows" some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing.