A young and hapless Antwerp thief, working for a gang led by leather-clad Philippe Clay, quarrels with his boss and kills him during a fight. Enlisting his sister's help, he tries to get rid of the body in the harbour, - attracting the attention of a night watchman who seeks to profit from the...
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean Curtelin. Among the sketches performed is one with Jean Carmet playing a man from the sticks woefully burdened with the challenge of getting through a dog food...
Florent Boissonneault and his young wife Elise always had one dream: own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky, their dream become reality, but only to quick turn into a nightmare when they sadly discover they had been tricked by him, and lost everything. But their dream...
Simple is 26 but he has the intellectual abilities of a three year old. Simple is handicapped. Since the death of his father, he lives with his mother and his younger brother Kléber. But when their mother dies in a car accident, the brothers are left to their own devices. Kléber is going to take...
The Lourmel couple are taking part in the final round of a TV game show: the wife has to answer questions; if she fails, her husband drives a racing car to make up the lost minutes. Moments before the start of the show, a phone call informs Lourmel that her six-year-old son has been kidnapped, and...
On a sun-kissed beach, six people linger lazily, each confident of fulfilling his or her desires before the day is out. A wealthy heiress, Emmanuelle, has designs on a handsome adolescent, Ivan, but his interests lie elsewhere. Having gratified Emmanuelle’s womanly needs, Ivan immediately sets...
Suzanne Pujol is the submissive wife of a rich industrialist who is as unpleasant with his family as with his workers. Following a strike in the company, Suzanne takes the place of her husband, who is disowned by his staff. She proves to be a woman of leadership and action, which provokes the anger...
These two friendly delivery boys from a Parisian department store not only take their job to heart as much as possible, but also consider themselves responsible for the happiness of the customers they have to deliver to. This leads them successively to help, at the cost of incredible acrobatics, a...
Renowned atomic scientists are kidnapped on French soil. Inspector San-Antonio and his loyal deputy Bérurier infiltrate a gang suspected of involvement in the case, in order to trace the trail.
A uranium deposit brings turmoil to the small South American republic of Guatalpa. Between two revolutions, the government tries unsuccessfully to decide whether the Americans, Soviets or Cubans will exploit the concession. Delegates from these nations spy on and betray each other to achieve their...
Fernand, a simple employee at the Prefecture of Police, must serve as a "sheep" to extract confessions from a leader of organized crime, who has recently been in prison. But he managed to escape by taking Fernand hostage.
