Valerie's husband Darryl leaves for work as usual, but never returns. She hires private eye Shepard to find him. Soon he discovers that David had a second identity and obviously doesn't want to be found. But since Shepard is strongly attracted to the pretty Valerie, he investigates further and gets involved more than professionally.

When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart accidentally boards the ship, he takes David along on his escape back to Edinburgh. They part and meet again repeatedly, mutually helpful against the Redcoats and respectful, although David is loyal to the English crown, but learns about its cruel oppression. Both ultimately face their adversaries.

Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa, consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. To make up for this, the Prince suggests that Fletcher invests in a silver mine owned by Shireen and Agha Firdausi. This solves one problem, but the mine also attracts the attention of some of the most powerful people in the silver business. Fletcher must pull out all his wheeler-dealing skills in order to keep hold of everything he's worked for, in the process romancing a banker's discontented wife.

A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".

1980年代にアメリカで放映された、子ども向け番組としては異色のドラマシリーズ「フェアリーテール・シアター」で、ローリングストーンズのミック・ジャガーが中国の皇帝を演じたファンタジー作品。アンデルセンの童話「ナイチンゲール」を基に、『クリエイター』のチェコ人監督アイヴァン・パッサーが演出を手掛けた。ハリウッドで活躍した、日本人俳優の先駆者であるマコも出演。名作童話を遊び心をもって味付けした、不思議な雰囲気の風合いが見どころ。
あらすじ： 中国の皇帝（ミック・ジャガー）のもとへやってきた、美しい歌声で鳴く小鳥のナイチンゲール。皇帝はナイチンゲールの歌声に感激し、宮廷に滞在してもらうことにした。しかしある日、皇帝のもとに宝石をちりばめた時計じかけの小鳥が贈られてきて……。