Sportswriter Mike Thompson is in Rome to cover a prizefight and becomes romantically involved with the attractive daughter of an archaeologist. The young woman's father uncovers a remarkable statue of a Roman gladiator, which is quickly dismissed as a fake. Mike uses his knowledge of boxing to prove it's a genuine discovery.moreless
In this light-hearted story, a couple leaves the rush of the big city for the relaxed life of the country. Things turn out to be less quiet than they expected.
Adam Darrow is a small town druggist at the turn of the century. He is racing to beat a looming deadline for passing his state pharmacists exam, but is sidetracked by an emergency prescription for a needy mother.
After eight years of marriage, a woman is happy to finally becomes pregnant. Doctors discover she has a heart defect that could kill her if she goes through childbirth.
David Orlovsky, a janitor in an office building, asks the widowed director of a guidance center to be his wife. With that, the bride's father, a rabbi, reintroduces David to the faith he rejected as a child.
A high school football coach has his hands full with his players. His seven-year-old daughter decides to help her dad by offering motivation to the quarterback. Unexpected things begin to happen on the field.
Marion testifies before Congress on her years as an anti-communist spy. When she is finished she hopes to settle down to a normal life. Unfortunately, communists have a different idea.
Max Grossblatt is an elderly tailor from Chicago who wants to visit his son in California. Unfortunately, he cannot afford the trip and can only dream of going west.
Howard Douglas is an official for the Boy Scouts. When he is driving across the desert, he notices a body lying in the road. When he stops to investigate, he is surrounded by a gang of dangerous teenagers.
A high school athlete's slumping grades has the young man concerned. His father, however, is concerned only with the glory of the game and his basketball coach is equally disinterested.
When Margaret Henderson's petition to remove a traffic hazard is ignored by City Hall, the attractive widow decides to do something about it. She runs for office against Woody Purvis, the incumbent party hack.
A young boy named Randy has an imaginary friend named Tippy-Top. When his mother's fiance tells him that Tippy-Top does not exist, he almost ruins their wedding.
Ellie is young country girl who cares more about carving than "girlish" things. Her grandfather, however, shows her pretty dresses in a mail-order catalog. Ellie decides to enter a carving competition to win enough money to buy the dresses.
Alma wants to marry her boy friend Stanley. Unfortunately, he won't marry her because they would have no nest egg. Alma decides to solve that problem by heading to the race track with her office's petty cash box.
A husband leaves his expecting wife in the care of a friendly but eccentric neighbor, an old lady who keeps alive memories of her long since dead baby. Adding to the creepiness is the woman's moody nephew.
Two communists live in an occupied Eastern European country. One is a womanizer who ends up getting murdered, while the other is a sympathetic Russian.
A retiring chief of detectives realizes that his income will not be enough to support his young wife who loves to live in luxury. He strikes a deal with an enemy to insure her well-being.