A bored motorcycle messenger Dave Munday begins training for a major stunt riding competition, where he’ll attempt a death-defying jump known as the Devil’s Leap.

Beaty, a prostitute, and Emory, a lighting/sound technician, fall in love while working at the same London cabaret, but their relationship isn’t easy.

A demobbed soldier, Gordon Laid, returning from World War II meets Maxine Lupercal, a member of a traveling troupe of actors returning to England on the same ship. As Gordon…