When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

A member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son's fiancée despite the dangers of discovery.

A widowed father tries to support his children after he becomes a ghost in an accident.

Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.

After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.