A luckless couple stumbles upon fortune when a genie materializes from a bottle in their antique shop. The genie grants them four wishes but warns them, prophetically, to be careful what you wish for.
Seeking refuge from a storm, a traveler comes upon a bizarre abbey of monks, who have imprisoned a man who begs for his help. When he confronts the head monk, he is told that the man is the Devil, and he must decide whom to believe.
A young woman lying in a hospital bed, her head wrapped in bandages, awaits the outcome of a surgical procedure performed by the State in a last-ditch attempt to make her look "normal."
Daughter Jana of inventor Dr. William Loren objects to their "perfect" home, in which they are waited on hand and foot by mechanical servants that William has built.
Long-widowed nostalgic stage actor Booth Templeton reunites with his late wife Laura and their friends at their old haunt, only to find that he is now hopelessly out of place there.
When unintelligent crook Chester Dietrich, his wife Paula, and her brother Woodward get a hold of a camera that takes pictures of the immediate future, they head to the racetrack to make a quick fortune with their new toy.
On a hot day, sympathetic Sheriff Koch and callous con man Peter Sykes are among the many who gather in a desert town to see young Luis Gallegos hanged for accidentally killing a child while drunk. Can some magic dust save Luis?
Unscrupulous used car salesman Harvey Hunnicutt buys a Model A car whose elderly owner swears it is haunted. This new acquisition dooms the wheeler-dealer to tell only the truth.
Gaining telepathic abilities when his coin lands on its edge, bank clerk Hector B. Poole learns about the difference between other people's plans and fantasies.
Timid vacuum-cleaner salesman and perennial punching bag Luther Dingle is given the strength of three hundred men by experimenting aliens and soon becomes a local celebrity.
Compulsive gambler Ace Larsen cajoles his friend Jimbo Cobb to use his telekinesis to influence the results of the Las Vegas gambling tables in their favor.
A toy telephone given as a birthday gift becomes the link between young Billy Bayles and his newly deceased beloved grandmother, but this link becomes dangerous when she apparently wants him to join her on the other side.
Annoyed by fellow country club member Jamie Tennyson's constant chatter, Colonel Archie Taylor bets half a million dollars that Jamie cannot be completely silent for one year while living in a glass enclosure in the club's basement.
Convicted killer Adam Grant is trapped in a recurring nightmare in which he is sentenced to death by electrocution. He tries to convince those around him that they are imaginary and will cease to exist if he is executed.
Following a frantic phone call about a crashed spaceship on a winter night, state troopers Bill Padgett and Dan Perry try to determine who among the bus passengers at a snowed-in roadside diner is a visitor from another world.
