《玛丽·塞利斯特的秘密》拥有很强的悬念性，画面真实自然，人物形象刻画入微。贯穿整部影片的悬念到最后才得以解开。导演以细致的人物心理刻画，使得这部经典影片即便在当今看来，也绝对让人匪夷所思！

Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexander the Great. His first stop is the port of Basra, where his ship is seized and scheduled for auction. In his attempt to win it back, he befriends beautiful concubine Shireen. But when her master, the nefarious Emir, calls her back to duty, Sinbad must interrupt his adventure to save the "Jewel of Persia."

Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her son is born, Jim helps her find a home for the baby with Phil Marshall and his wife. Margot insists that neither the Marshalls nor the child can ever know that she is his mother.

Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.

美国传奇棒球手杰基·罗宾逊的传记片，由杰基·罗宾逊本人主演。影片讲述了杰基·罗宾逊如何从一个热爱棒球的黑人男孩成长为美国职棒大联盟史上第一位黑人球员，并且逐渐被周围的白人队友和美国的白人球迷接受，成为一个全美英雄。

伦敦东区孤儿莫普丝（Mops，因卷发得名）与监护人特尼普斯（Turnips，以蔬菜雕花为副业的音乐厅灯光师）相依为命。莫普丝在音乐厅表演时遭经理骚扰，特尼普斯出手教训后两人被解雇，流落街头。他们前往肯特郡采摘啤酒花谋生，却遭遇艰苦劳作与贫困。特尼普斯因面包店争执被捕入狱，莫普丝听从其建议返回伦敦，进入查德夫人府邸做厨房女佣。期间她重逢在肯特结识的流浪青年，对方后来成为剧作家弗兰克・戴尔的助手。莫普丝拥有动人歌喉，在戴尔的发掘与帮助下，她从底层女佣逆袭成为电台歌手，实现人生蜕变。影片以歌舞串联，讲述底层女孩凭借天赋与机遇实现阶层跨越的励志故事，是鲍威尔早期兼具社会观察与娱乐性的作品。

吉姆・布伦顿（Jim Bronton，莱斯利・班克斯饰）是一名精明却不满现状的保险火灾调查员，游走在法律边缘。为追求更大利益，他被犯罪头目斯特丁（Stedding）拉拢，加入了一个专门策划纵火骗保的团伙。布伦顿凭借专业知识，帮助团伙精准选择目标、伪造现场，屡屡得手。
随着纵火案频发、伤亡增加，他的良知备受煎熬。当团伙为掩盖罪行策划谋杀时，布伦顿决心退出并向警方自首，却遭到团伙追杀。他在女友阿登・布伦特（Arden Brent）与正直警探的帮助下，最终提供关键证据，捣毁纵火团伙，自己也付出了沉重代价。
这是鲍威尔与演员莱斯利・班克斯的首次合作，风格硬朗、节奏紧凑，被他称为 “华纳兄弟式的头条新闻式电影”。