Bernadette
Bertrand Barnier es un rico empresario para el que la vida transcurre tranquilamente junto a su mujer y a su hija Colette. Para mantener su forma física hace ejercicio regularmente bajo la dirección de un joven atleta, cuya inteligencia está lejos de igualar su fuerza física. El servicio de la casa está perfectamente atendido por Bernadette, la joven criada, y Oscar, el chofer. Sin embargo, esta confortable situación va a verse perturbada, cuando su empleado, Christian Martin, irrumpe en la casa a primera hora de la mañana para exigir a este un aumento de sueldo, con la intención de pedirle la mano al padre de su novia. El caos se desata en casa de Bernier cuando este descubre que es su propia hija con la que Christian desea casarse.
Lydia
Un grupo de exiliados franceses en Venezuela experimenta una bomba de enorme poder destructivo y paralizador ante representantes de una organización anticastrista. Estos compran la bomba por un importante valor en diamantes; junto con ellos se meten en una cartera los planos de la bomba. Para su construcción deben ser enviados a Francia.
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Julien, soltero experimentado, intenta convencer a su amigo Antoine de renunciar a su idea de casarse. Lo consigue: La noche de bodas, Antoine escapa rumbo a Oriente Próximo.
Rosemary
Un espía ruso es utilizado por el Servicio Secreto Británico para realizar una misión, pero es estúpido para poder tener éxito. Su novia trata de ayudarlo, pero parece una misión imposible...
Hélène
Maurice está enamorado de Evelyne, la mujer de su mejor amigo, pero ella rechaza sus avances. Furioso, Maurice propone a Thierry, un gran seductor, que haga caer en sus redes a Evelyne...
Josette
Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin), is the topic of this standard drama with a dash of comedy. While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times but he also has a better side that will not stay buried. Since handling three children alone is no easy task, the single father has the choice of growing in the process or not.
Trois jour à vivre (Three Days to Live) takes off with a bang when two-bit actor Daniel Gelin witnesses a murder. He didn't see the killer, but that doesn't stop him from claiming that he did in order to get his name into the papers. Sure enough, the murderer targets Gelin as his next victim. Our hero is temporarily rescued by Jeanne Moreau, an aspiring actress who has always had a crush on him.
Lucette
In a girls boarding-school run by Madame Piégeois,young Gisèle meets, at night, the count of Champrès 's son.
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Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches a radio quiz show to boost his business. Philippe then decides to compete in the hope of telling the thousands of listeners what he thinks of the industrialist. A blow on the head having given him a gift of second sight, the competitor becomes impeccable and wins astronomical sums to the great despair of Bourdinet. Everything will work out in the end and Philippe will be able to marry Jacqueline.
Tras ser herido en la cara en combate, el conde Roger de Tinchebraye se ve obligado a esconder su cara desfigurada tras una máscara de cuero y decide convertirse en un Casanova. Cuando encuentra el verdadero amor, el cínico Roger lo ignora y permite que la pura e inocente Judith se case con un viejo marqués; tras la muerte de su esposo, Judith se vuelve a encontrar con Roger, quien le muestra su cara desfigurada, lo cual no la desalienta en absoluto.
A famous singer disappears in a plane crash. Her two little girls are given a new home by their grandfather. Unfortunately the good man has an old housekeeper who goes out of her way to make their lives impossible. In desperation the two brats run away to Paris. Meanwhile, the girl's father manages to steal important documents. In the end, Gaby and Ginette track down their mother who had not got killed at all. All is well that ends well.
