Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.

A good-hearted nurse gets mixed up with a millionaire who could help her hospital.

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.

A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.