Plot
The first tale, "The Strange Mr. Bartleby", is set in Victorian London. A woman asks a solicitor to find a man called Zwane. They find a vagrant named Bartleby, who turns out to be Zwane, the girl's long-lost father. Father and daughter are reunited before Zwane dies.
In the second story, "Strange Journey", Charles Kellerton steals money from his employer, and in trying to return it, accidentally kills him. Kellerton assumes the victim's identity and escapes on a steam ship bound for Tasmania. Under the impression that the captain of the ship knows his secret, when police board the vessel to investigate a suspected outbreak of disease, Kellerton confesses to his crimes.
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The framework in which these stories are presented is artificial, and, while the stories themselves are adequately narrated, they scarcely convey either the suspense or the macabre atmosphere that they seem to be attempting." [5]
Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture doubles its chances of success by cramming two yarns into its featurette footage, and as things turn out the neat latter cameo partly atones for the slightly rambling and outmoded former. The cast is on the whole satisfactory, but John Slater and Valentine Dyall are wasted as narrators. Short, if not entirely valid, the overall should, nevertheless, register with most audiences." [6]
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