Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his…