It is graduation time for the gang at Degrassi High, and everyone is making plans for the summer and their future. Most are preparing for university or far-off travel except for Joey Jeremiah (Pat Mastroianni) who is preparing for another year in high school. His longtime girlfriend Caitlin Ryan (Stacie Mistysyn) has taken a number of extra classes and completed high school in three years and has graduated with Joey's former peers.
Schultze (played by Horst Krause) is a large, recently retired salt-miner living in Teutschenthal (near Halle, Saxony-Anhalt in Germany). Along with his also laid-off friends Jürgen and Manfred, he finds himself restless with so much spare time.
Le film raconte l'histoire de Scipion l'Africain (interprété par Annibale Ninchi) pendant la Deuxième guerre punique au III siècle av. J.-C., après la bataille de Cannes. Hannibal Barca et les Carthaginois avancent sur Rome, Scipion demande au Sénat de lui confier la province sicilienne afin de porter la guerre en Afrique. Il parvient dans un premier temps à repousser l'ennemi en Espagne. Scipion rencontre son allié Massinissa et doit affronter Syphax, roi de la Numidie et allié d'Hannibal. Syphax est défait lors de la bataille des Grandes Plaines, sa femme la reine Sophonisbe préfère se suicider plutôt que subir le déshonneur des vaincus. Les carthaginois appellent Hannibal pour les aider, c'est la bataille de Zama en 202 av.
Two friends, Giuseppe Filippucci (Rinaldo Smordoni) and Pasquale Maggi (Franco Interlenghi), test-ride horses. It is their dream to own one for themselves. Though they are saving to purchase a horse, it is difficult for them to afford one, as they are only living off their income from shining shoes in the streets of Rome.
Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone (Jack Thompson) and his offsider (Shane Porteous) investigate the murder of Helga (Judy Morris), whose corpse is found in the basement of the Sydney Opera House. Malone had met Helga previously and discovers she was a high class prostitute who was also a mistress of the Minister for Culture (James Workman) and involved with film director Jack Savannah (Joe Martin). In flashback it is shown that Helga was blackmailing the minister and his wife (Jacqueline Knott), along with a crime boss, Mr Sin (Noel Ferrier).
Scorchers takes place in cajun Louisiana on the wedding night of a young woman named Splendid (played by Emily Lloyd). Splendid is scared to death of what will happen in the bedroom with her new husband, Dolan (James Wilder) and her father, Jumper (Leland Crooke), finds himself having to coax his daughter to submit to the groom.
In the mythical European city of Leisure, married couple Jack and Elvira have an ongoing bet regarding who can seduce whom. This comes up in the wake of a swinging night with a couple of tourists picked up via a newspaper ad. Elvira, a self-professed "sexual snob" has bet she can seduce newlywed Betsy, married to handsome marine biologist Eddie. If she fails by a certain midnight, then Jack gets to seduce Eddie.
Cross (Burt Lancaster) is an experienced but retiring Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent and assassin who is training free-lance hit-man Jean Laurier (Alain Delon) (alias "Scorpio") to replace him. Cross is teaching him as much about protecting himself from his patrons and never trusting anyone as how to get away clean.
Angelo is a former street fighter who can't deny his troubled past. Yet he has learned to channel his aggressions by striving for success in Muai Thai. But during a tournament, the officials do him wrong. After an unjustified disqualification, he cannot hide his contempt for his opponent. Although this seals the premature end of his career, the worst is still about to come, because he has made an enemy. The aforementioned opponent believes he ought to teach Angelo a lesson. He and his friends confront Angelo outside the tournament.
Nami Matsushima est une jeune docteur dans un hôpital, qui reconnaît en l'un de ses patients l'homme qui a enlevé sa sœur cadette il y a des années. La fillette étant ensuite été retrouvée morte malgré le paiement de la rançon, ce qui entraîna de plus le suicide du père. Apprenant que la prescription est passée et qu'elle ne pourra rien faire du point de vue légal, Nami poignarde sauvagement l'homme qui lui avoue ne pas être le vrai commanditaire du kidnapping. Condamnée à la prison, elle fait la connaissance de Sayuri, injustement accusée d'un meurtre commis par un haut fonctionnaire. Quand cette dernière est emmenée à la peine capitale, Nami décide de s'évader pour se venger et venger Sayuri.
Nami est maintenant danseuse dans un bar, mais sa vengeance n'est pas complète. Le soir où elle tient enfin entre ses mains sa dernière cible, cette dernière est abattue par Eiji. Cet homme veut sauver son amie enfermée dans la prison d'où est sortie Nami la dernière fois. Celle-ci décide de l'aider d'autant plus que la pauvre prisonnière est maltraitée par les gardiens. Nami entre donc dans la prison en tant que médecin.