Vagabonden kæmper imod teknologien, arbejdsløshed, fængsel, indbrudstyve, krævende kunder og chefer.Chaplins sidste stumfilm er bemærkelsværdig højtråbende, og er den eneste gang man hører vagabondens stemme.
Cyril på knap 12 år har kun én plan: Han vil finde sin far, der efterlod ham midlertidigt på et børnehjem. Cyril er rastløs, altid på farten og leder efter kærlighed uden selv at vide det. Helt tilfældigt møder han Samantha, der driver en frisørsalon, og som giver ham lov til at bo hos hende i weekenden. Hun nærer en dyb omsorg for ham – men det er ikke uproblematisk, og Cyril tiltrækkes af en ung kriminel fyrs venskab, hvilket får fatale konsekvenser.
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted with derision and open mockery throughout town. He travels to Colorado to try his hand at prospecting in hopes that marriage with Cynthy is still in the cards.
A quest for redemption is unfolding in Washington, D.C. Thanks to forward-looking “Second Chance” legislation, three men who were sentenced in their youth to life in prison have the chance to plead for release.
It's just after the Civil War in Kansas and Joan Randall and her troops are continuing the struggle. Jeff Conners is sent to bring her in and when he does she is found guilt and sentenced to hang. Earlier Jeff learned that her assistant Colonel Jedcott is the real culprit and rides to the Governor for a pardon only to be waylaid by Jedcott on the return trip.