During the 1860s in Wisconsin, a 12-year old boy becomes the head of his family when both parents die. On Christmas Eve he finds a way to provide homes for his five younger brothers and sisters.

In the old southwest, a pair of bank robbers must ride out after killing a man. They intend on eventually getting far away, but one seeks to reunite with his daughter in a nearby convent. When he is wounded in a gunfight, they end up hiding out there, though the men from town are a mob out for their blood,sanctuary or not.

Murdered doctor had been researching a rare disease.

Medical student tries to help depressed neighbor.

A woman is forced to leave her marriage by her violent, over-bearing husband whose objective is to train their young son to follow his evil footsteps.

A forest fire spreads with fury, threatens a town with destruction, and brands a boy a murderer.

A young lawyer is strangely agitated when his aunt takes up with a palm reader. His agitation increases as the palm reader's predictions for him come true.

Trapped in a crossfire of human emotions, a hospital chief surgeon fights his own conscience to decide the fate of two men. He must weigh the possible sacrifice of one life for another.

A criminal lawyer makes a desperate gamble to defend a boy charged with murder. Risking his career, his love, even his health, he faces an even greater terror when he finds his own guilty conscience is on trial.

When the local minister buys a used car, he does not realize that bank robbers have hidden their loot in the spare tire.