When ambitious executive Jack Farmer hits a winning streak with his compulsive gambling, he decides to use the money entrusted to him at work by his boss.
The residents of 31st Street are too frightened of their landlord to say anything about rent increases and poor repairs. The arrival of a Greek pushcart seller with some notions of dignity and rights shows them a new way forward in life.
A dying millionaire gives a New York lawyer an unusual assignment - to find out which of six possible candidates actually deserves to inherit his $30,000,000 fortune.
On a point of principle, a top-flight attorney agrees to represent a stripper who works in a cheap club - something of which his boss does not approve.