When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter.

A hobo, clown, bagpipe player, ballerina and military officer are trapped in a huge cylinder.

A lonely old woman refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting "Mr. Death."

Paul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.

A retiree living in a rest home thinks he has discovered the secret of youth — acting young, and in particular playing a children's game called "kick-the-can".

Oliver Crangle is a bitter, prejudiced man. Through unknown means he intends to shrink every evil person in the world at four o'clock.

A loud-mouthed braggart's boasts attract the attention of some aliens.

A quarrelsome young couple find themselves taking a trip on the Lady Anne, an old passenger liner that is transporting a group of equally old passengers.