The life and tragic death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.

A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

A rich, lonely woman hires a drifter as a live-in handyman. The drifter turns out to be a psycho artist who has beautiful women model for him.

Based on adventures of Dr. Thomas Barlow in the far north.