After killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing.

An outcast Confederate soldier redeems himself by defending a woman against bandits willing to kill for her goldmine claim.

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

While on shore leave, sailor Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper) becomes enamored of Mora (Linda Lawson), a young woman who works as a "mermaid" at a sideshow attraction. But for Mora it's no act, she actually believes that she really is a mermaid.

1933. When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence. It lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray, who becomes an amateur sleuth after developing the film.