January 1, 1945 · 81 years old

H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.

A grizzled Australian painter decides to jolt his stale creativity by moving to a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef, where he takes on an alluring, uninhibited young woman as his muse.

Two friends rob a bank and hide the loot in a coffin at the funeral parlor where one of them works. A nurse's greed and a detective's questionable tactics complicate matters.