The strange love of Martha Ivers: A gambler with a dark past returns to his hometown to find that his wealthy ex-fiancee is now married to the district attorney. The D.A. tries to use the gambler's new friend to get rid of him. The hitch-hiker: Two army buddies pick up a psychotic hitch-hiker on their way to Mexico. Quicksand: An auto mechanic falls for a scheming waitress, and is pulled into the dark world of crime by her ruthless boyfriend