A séance proves a ghost compelled a spiritualist to kill his rich father.

A tramp is hired to pose as a financier to obtain a Balkan radium concession.

A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.

A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to murder him.

A secretary takes the blame when his fiancée's father ruins his oil company.

An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.

Would-be politician Sir Hugo Boycott and his wife Madeleine have an unhappy marriage. Madeleine is aware that Hugo is a serial philanderer, and their problems are exacerbated when she fails to produce the heir he wants.