A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.

While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.

Ranch hand Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.