Algernon Sprigg, a horse-racing fanatic, is convinced that everyone is a gambler at heart. To prove his theory, he bets a friend that he can convert Amos Purdie, the puritanical head of an anti-betting association, into a punter within a week.

A man rescues his wife's lover during a disaster at a coal mine

A young composer goes blind, and shortly afterward enters his most recent work in a competition. He believes he's won, but doesn't know that his wife couldn't bear to tell him that he didn't. Complications ensue.

'Lady's son poses as chauffeur to woo girl who buys taxi.' (British Film Catalogue)

An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.

A Soho restaurateur's protégé becomes a star.

A comedy film directed by Lupino Lane.

In Mexico, an Englishman saves a banker's daughter from a revolutionary but surrenders to save a church from destruction

While visiting her friend, Barbara Carlton, Frances Mildmay spends the day fox-hunting and ends up fogbound in the 'Devil's Maze' with Barbara's husband, James. When the pair lodge overnight at an inn, the innkeeper convinces James to seduce Frances. Unbeknownst to them, another family friend, Derek Riffington, is also staying at the inn and becomes aware of the liaison. But, by the time James discovers Frances is pregnant, Derek has gone missing in the Far East - leading James to suggest that, when the child is born, she should accuse Derek of having been the father.