The no-good son of a company owner is sent to investigate a problematic business deal.

The inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.

Gold miner Edd Denmeade loves Lucy Watson, the sister of the official mining claim recorder. Denmeade suspects Watson of killing his father, who after a poker game was shot by a gambler "who shuffles with one hand." The real murderer, Sam Spralls, has convinced Watson that he killed Denmeade and threatens to expose him unless Watson assigns him all the gold claims. Spralls assembles a band of kill...

During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.

British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.

Mary Heath's brother Dave is accidentally killed in a gambling den. Mary’s sweetheart, John Trevor, discovers the joint is secretly owned by his mother and he denounces her. As Dave was the head of the Heath household, John, knowing that Dave was head of the Heath household, feels responsible for the boy's death and offers himself as a replacement. Treated badly initially, eventually the family ta...

In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.

British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.

During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.