- Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completely despondent. Seven years earlier, obstreperous Alexander Blom, brings his mistress Sally to live with him, his wife Alice, son Johannes, and crew, aboard the salvage boa…
- Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) is a family man, living in California, who can't seem to get by financially. He meets up with a small-time, but charismatic, hood Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges). Soon, Slocum convinces Tyler to participate in gas station robberies to get by. Later, they kidnap a wealthy man in hopes of gettin…
- Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist, an honest local policeman and former lover of Vera's, contacts her while investigating the death o…
- 戈尔（约翰•库萨克 John Cusack 饰倒的木偶艺人，善于操作舞台上傀儡木偶。生活所迫，他进入了一间纽约一间公司从事文件管理工作。这间公司在办公大厦的七楼半，由于它只有半层楼高，所以职员们都只能拱着腰工作。 正是由于这样，戈尔偶然发现了公司的文件柜后面有一扇门。好奇心驱使下，戈尔进入了这扇门。当戈尔一进入门内，马上便被吸入…
