Henry O'Neill

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O'Neill and her husband, who decide that the promised land is South Africa and make their way there. Once there, they discover the hardships that are the reality of the homesteader experience.

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.

After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's identity.

A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.

When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.

A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.