Niedaleka przyszłość. Kiedy twórcy Strefy 414 (kolonii supernowoczesnych robotów humanoidalnych) zaginęła córka, postanawia on zatrudnić prywatnego detektywa Davida Carmichaela, który ma ją odnaleźć i sprowadzić do domu. Aby wytropić swój cel, David łączy siły z Jane, wysoce zaawansowaną i świadomą siebie sztuczną inteligencją. Poszukiwania zaginionej pozwolą im odkryć zbrodnię, która zakwestionuje powszechną wiedzę o Strefie 414 i odsłoni prawdziwy cel powstania „Miasta robotów”.

Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting cold feet. During one crowded night, Angel Face decides she's had enough vacillation, and crooked lawyer Biddel has an illegal mission for Johnny that could put him in a financial position to act. But other, conflicting schemes are also in progress...

Stan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife whom they encountered in "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan and Ollie go and visit to offer the hand of friendship, but the grocer again becomes convinced that Ollie and his wife are fooling around.

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.

A rookie New York cop has to deal with juvenile delinquents, his superiors, and blame for the suicide of a woman who jumped to her death while he was in her apartment.

The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder by black revolutionaries and the efforts to hunt down and capture their killers.