A scientist's experiment to cure hunger creates a giant spider that escapes from an isolated desert laboratory and wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.

After the Civil War, Union troops catch Belle Shirley (Gene Tierney), a Southern belle, harboring the wanted Confederate guerrilla fighter Sam Starr (Randolph Scott). In retribution, Union major and old friend Thomas Crail

A platoon of American soldiers with dwindling resources pick up Allied soldiers in the desert. Together, they must fight off German forces for survival.

When an Arctic glacier explodes, the hidden praying mantis becomes active and starts killing army men around. It then moves to areas like New York and Washington, thereby spreading panic.

Two brothers give Henry a million-pound note to see if one can live on its strength without spending a single penny. Things go well for Henry till he uses it to speculate the stock market.

To avoid execution on a trumped-up charge, Abby (Paulette Goddard) agrees to be enslaved in the British colonies of North America. The captain of the transport ship, Martin Garth (Howard da Silva), has his eye on her, but he is outbid by Capt. Chris Holden (Gary Cooper), a Virginian. After setting Abby free on shore, Holden learns that Native Americans are plotting to attack the settlers. Holden, suspecting that Garth is in on the scheme, aims to stop them before all the colonists are killed.

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.