Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico,...

After a bank robbery gone wrong, a crook goes on the run across Belgium to escape the police, clear himself of a crime that he did not commit, and...

Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."

Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a killer, taking steps that will clear his good name.

Three tramps in search of adventure and fortune decide to try their luck at swindling. After an initial failure at shoplifting, they take over a...

After receiving a mobster's heart as a transplant, a modest bank teller embarks on a life of criminal exploits.

A man inherits an old house in a very bad condition. With the help of a young mechanic, he begins to renovate this house.

A priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns.

One morning in August 1944, the inhabitants of a French village are celebrating their premature liberation. The festivities are interrupted by the...

A Canadian woman with two working class boyfriends writes letters to them, breaking off with one of them while professing her love for the other, but...

The Count De Rochambeau wants to marry Mireille but she likes Etienne. The sister of Etienne, nicknamed "the girl with buttons" schemed with a friend...

The Secret Service abducts a "rocket scientist" to better protect him against gangsters acting for Chinese agents.

Oscar, a shy lifeguard, flees the wrath of his boss following the disaster caused by the water purification machine he has developed. In his haste,...

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...

Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has...

A priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns.

On the day of his marriage, the son of a Marseille king declares to his family that he wishes to engage in the police.

Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and...

Gerard Casanova is the man that all the rich and beautiful women call when they need a little more then the husbands to give them. He's always on...

Taking the place of the police, whom he finds neither fast nor efficient enough, a journalist named Hugo sets out to find the perpetrator of a...

Jean Lerat begins his military service at an army camp. Despite his aunt’s attempts to pull a few strings to his advantage, the unfortunate Lerat...