In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

A family man -desperate for a job- latches onto a friend that encourages him into being a criminal.

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.