Pierre is timid while his wife is ambitious and suffers from his mediocrity. She pawns everything she owns, rents a sumptuous apartment in a palace, and through bluffing, Pierre is appointed director of a perfume factory and the enterprising Arlette sees all her desires come true.
When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadistic director.
Tex Robbins, a Texas Ranger, posing as "Wolf" Cassidy, a notorious Chicago gangster, works his way into the rustling gang and hideout of "Three-Star" Henley, but his plans go wrong and he has to fight his way to victory.
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy.