A country road, front-wheel drive. A man, Victor, is waiting. A convertible pulls up. Linda and another man come out. All three take up arms and get into traction to rob Victor's brother-in-law. In their absence, a wanderer from the woods approaches the car. He hides under the back seat cover, when the gangsters come back. Coldly, Linda kills her accomplices to keep the loot. Back in Paris, stripper by profession, she performs her last stripping and returns home. The wanderer was waiting for him. He demands a million from her for her silence.
Maubru
A professor experimenting in suspended animation accidentally shrinks his dog and later, his female lab assistant, when she drinks the liquid by accident and shrinks to 3 inches tall. The professor keeps her in his pocket until he can find an antidote. Sometimes she's naked, too.
Junio de 1940. Centenares de franceses, entre los que se encuentran la pequeña Paulette y sus padres, se dirigen en un desesperado éxodo hacia el sur de Francia. Los aviones nazis sobrevuelan el camino y bombardean sin piedad a la multitud. Los padres de Paulette y su perro mueren durante el ataque. Alguien lanza el cadáver del animal al río, pero la niña, incapaz de separarse de él, decide seguirlo, lo que propicia su encuentro con Michel, un chico de once años, que la lleva a la granja de sus padres, donde es muy bien acogida.
Ludovic
A couple of dancers performs in a night club. The man is jealous of Gina, his partner,and keeps making scenes to her, going as far as bullying her on the stage during their act. A man gets killed. The dancer is suspected for being jealous of all the other men. Another potential culprit could the father of Gina since he overprotected his daughter. The real culprit will be unmasked after the police detective finds the murder has something to with the Occupation period.
Albert
"Le Tambourin", a Montmartre nightclub, is on its way down. Although it can boast great performances by the alluring Les Bluebell Girls and by Jacques Hélian's lively Big Band the venue does not attract people anymore. Nightclub patrons now prefer the jazz cellars of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Taking this new taste into account, the staff of the "Tambourin" and Jacques Hélian decide to set up their own club, "La Pivoine Ecarlate". They are joined by Pâquerette, a flower vendor and amateur singer, and by Jean-Pierre Francis, an existentialist poet...
Hercule (uncredited)
The eccentric characters of a street from the comic designs of Andre Dubout are brought to life with human performers instead of drawings.
(uncredited)
After a crazy night spent at Maxim's, Doctor Montgicourt returns home with the Môme Shrimp. General Petypon invites her to his castle for the engagement of his niece and Lieutenant Corrignon, the kid's lover. The reception is likely to be very busy...
Cochu, a peasant, is the whipping boy of his regimental comrades. He is called "buffer of the capiston", that is to say the captain's order. But he finds himself in the service of Hortense, the captain's sister.
