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- A Fleet Street barber recounts the story of Sweeney Todd, a notorious barber who in the last century murdered many customers for their money.
- The former partner of a master criminal turns himself in to Scotland Yard. The criminal, a master of disguise, plots to kill his partner, but must first get through the wall of security Scotland Yard has thrown around him.
- A rich girl tries to reform the prince of a Ruritanian land, who has a bad habit of gambling, in this operetta.
- There's an epidemic of missing girls in the city. The new assistant district attorney has to figure out what's going on before he loses his job, especially with a nosy reporter making his life difficult.
- Dr. Paul Hoefler, a prominent explorer, organizes an exhibition to track down a secret cannibalistic society in Africa known as the "Leopard Men." The members of this society wrap themselves in leopard skins and conceal their hands in gloves fitted with steel knives shaped like the claws of a leopard, which they use to tear out the throats of their victims. As an initiation rite, the mark of the beast is burned into the body of the initiate, and if he cries out, he is put to death. When this group of assassins comes to the attention of the British government, Hoefler organizes an expedition to photograph the rites of the Leopard Men in hopes of bringing them to trial. After boarding the Kenya and Uganda Railroad, Hoefler enters the interior of Africa. In Nairobi, he meets his faithful servant Ali, who accompanies Hoefler as he treks into Central Africa, the source of the Nile. At the Nile, they board a river steamer headed for the Congo, where a native chief tells Hoefler that the Leopard Men reside in Abyssinia in North Africa. As the expedition nears Abyssinia, a swarm of locusts descends upon the fields and jungle, destroying all vegetation. At a point above the Nile, the expedition finds the skins and claws of the Leopard Men. Hoefler then splits his forces, sending Ali to scout the area while he follows the tracks. In the depths of the jungle, Ali finds a village inhabited by King Kanuba and his tribe of Leopard Men. There Ali witnesses the tribe whips themselves into a frenzy in preparation for the slaughter of a human victim, the heart and liver of which they will present to the king. Returning to camp, Ali warns Hoefler of the impending murder. Hoefler and his men then infiltrate Kanuba's village, but they are chased away by the savage Leopard Men. Later that night, the Leopard Men proceed with their human sacrifice, leading Hoefler to describe the Africans as "savage."
- As Freddie and Lugger, employees of Bovhini, are waiting in the parking lot of the Club Sirocco for Ruth Parmelee, they see a woman accost Ruth and then shoot her and speed away in a car. Bochini, who has loved Ruth, vows revenge. Mordecai Breen is devoting his life to welfare work among the city's needy, and publishes a small newspaper called "The Friend in Need," assisted by his former prize fighter friend, Happy Hogan. An advertisement headed "I'll Buy Your Life" appears in the paper and Breen decides to investigate. At the address given, the swanky Alhambra Arms apartments, Breen learns that the advertiser is Alfred Darnell, an orchestra leader and writer of detective stories. A number of girls answer the ad, but Dale Leyden, after being interviewed by Darnell and Velencia Duncan, is the successful applicant. As she leaves, Breen tells her that if she should find herself in the need of any assistance, to let him know. Dale tells her blind musician brother Philip that an uncle who formerly lived in South America has left them twenty thousand dollars. Meanwhile, back to the original story, Breen calls on his friend, Police Lieutenant Hammer, who shows Breen the evidence from the Parmelee murder: a pearl pendant from a bracelet, a piece of sequin from a woman's gown and part of a heel from an evening slipper. Dale calls on Breen, tells him her name is Mary Jones and gives him an envelope. When he is notified that Mary Jones is dead, he is to open the envelope that contains two letters. If he receives the sum of $18,000, he is to open the first letter and deliver the money to the name and address given, and destroy the second letter without opening it. If he doesn't get the money, he is to open the second letter and see that justice is done. Is Mary giving her life to take a fall for the killer of Ruth Permelee in exchange for money to provide an operation for her blind brother? Highly probable. Is the plot plausible? Highly improbable. Did Elmer Clifton direct worse films. Quite often.
- A case of mistaken identity leads to accident-prone George Brown (George Formby) entering the Royal Air Force and falling in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter.
- The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.
- The council whom Bill works for are turning to motor transport to replace the horse and cart. Bill, unable to accept the change, buys his horse and sets off to seek work in the country. He encounters many folk that he helps along the way.
- Itinerant Scot performers: One daughter of a veteran trouper weds a ne'er do well and dies in childbirth.Her spendthrift man goes but later returns to bleed the old man out of remaining savings.Another daughter makes good as a singer.