A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the boat; Ben, on arrival, finds a lynch mob after his neck, and flees. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her and attempt the hopeless task of clearing himself.

A couple whose son had been institutionalized for three years are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is, in fact, deaf.

Derived from the 1947 movie with the same name, a house is haunted by a deceased sea captain who wreaks havoc with the new tenants who were not advised of his existence.

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note urges Pete to hurry to the Coronado, California naval base, where Francis is about to be sold as surplus. Pete rushes to the train station, but before he can board, nurse Betsy Donevan mistakes him for her shell-shocked brother, Navy boatswain Slicker Donevan. She tries to forcibly remove his uniform so he will not get into trouble for impersonating an Army officer. Finally she realizes that Pete is not Slicker but merely his mirror image.

《哦老爸，可怜的老爸，妈妈把你挂在衣橱里，我好难过》是Arthur Kopit创作的第一部话剧。该剧于1962年在外百老汇的Phoenix Repertory Theatre首演，后来于1963年到百老汇的Morosco Theatre演出47场。1967年，这部话剧被改编为同名电影，由Richard Quine导演，Rosalind Russell、Robert Morse和Barbara Harris主演。
Arthur把这部剧称为“三幕的闹剧”，故事讲述母亲到加勒比地区一个奢华的旅游胜地旅行，带着她的儿子和死去的丈夫（被保存在他的棺材里跟着一起旅行）。