In Jamaica, the young bride of a plantation owner is frightened by her husband's frequent violent outbursts of rage and begins believing that the rumors that he murdered his first wife are true.
A man wrongly convicted of murder is released from prison after the real killer confesses on his deathbed but finds he's not accepted when he returns to his hometown.
A bootlegger's son decides to run away to the big city and seek his fortune after his galpal's parents order him to stay away from their daughter because of his father's activities.
A steel tycoon tries to fight off the takeover of his company by a younger rival only to find that his late partner's widow has already pledged her support to the rival.