Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Una banda de ladrones de esmeraldas se disputan las codiciadas piezas, lo que origina una serie persecuciones y traiciones.
Lawyer
El guión de Jorge Semprún se basa en el libro homónimo de Artur London que narra en primera persona las purgas estalinistas de las que fueron víctimas los disidentes del Partido Comunista checoslovaco, entre ellos el propio London. Estas purgas tuvieron lugar en el famoso Proceso de Praga de 1952.
Passenger (uncredited)
Roger Santet ha sido encarcelado por asesinato, pero el clan siciliano dirigido por el venerable Vittorio Manalese lo libera. El objetivo de la banda es apoderarse de las joyas de una exposición que se celebra en Roma. Mientras preparan el golpe, Tony Nicosia, un amigo americano, sugiere que la mejor forma de hacerse con las piedras es asaltando el avión que las transporta desde Nueva York. El tenaz inspector Le Goff intentará desbaratar sus planes.
Le faux aveugle qui sort de la prison du commissariat
Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completely lost, but the meat merchant Dessertine takes him under his wings when he hears that Goubi was likewise 'raised by the State'...
Un cafetier (uncredited)
Tulipe es un anciano jubilado que vive solo en un antiguo vagón, y que tiene como afición cultivar tranquilamente su jardín y la pintura al óleo, pero también tiene una fuente secreta de ingresos. Su ahijado, Noel, descubre que Tulipe es en realidad un maestro falsificador, que produce copias perfectas de billetes de 10 francos. La novia de Noel ve en esto esto una oportunidad de volverse ricos, pero deben convencer a Tulipe de falsificar billetes de 500 francos.
Le domestique de Tonton (uncredited)
Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Charles Lampert, buscado por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos bajo la acusacion de haberse apoderado de un cuarto de millón de dólares en oro del fondo federal suma entregada a Charles y a cuatro compañeros de armas de éste, durante la guerra, para ayudar a la Resistencia francesa es asesinado cuando viajaba en tren en las proximidades de Burdeos. La esposa de Lampert -Regine- es sometida a vigilancia en Paris no solo por miembros de la embajada americana, sino por los individuos a los que Charles defraudó y que acusan a Regine de ocultar el dinero. Pero Regine es ajena, al parecer, a toda la maniobra montada por su difunto esposo.
L'employé des cartes grises (uncredited)
Tres americanos disparan sobre un transeúnte. El inspector Quevedos asiste al homicidio y alerta a la policía, pero cuando llegan, el cuerpo desaparece. Poco después, Quevedos es raptado por los gángsters que quieren saber qué se hizo con el cuerpo. Maigret (interpretado por tercera y última vez por Jean Gabin) lleva la investigación. (FILMAFFINITY)
A spectator at the cinema (uncredited)
Commissaire Perrache, the chief of the D.S.T., the French domestic intelligence service, tries to neutralize a group of terrorists named the Partisans de la Métropole. He sends one of his best agents, inspector Louis Vignon, incidentally the husband of his charming secretary Lucette, on the trail of an illegal transmitter. But Vignon gets kidnapped by the gang and held captive on a boat off the shores of Monaco...
La Vie d'un honnête homme English: The Virtuous Scoundrel, is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry, written by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.
Un homme à la vente aux enchères (uncredited)
A railway worker, Leguignon, and his wife are forced to move into a house located in a shaggy part of town. What Leguignon doesn't know is that a group of children have discovered a treasure and keeps it stored in the house. Trouble ensues when he discovers the cache and tries to claim it as his own.
Un danseur (uncredited)
Cock-eyed reporter Georges Masse enjoys a peaceful vacation in Venice. Which does not please his boss as he is not supposed to be... in vacation! P'tit Louis, Georges' blundering but faithful photographer, is sent to Venice with a mission: pull up his socks. But Georges is not so dormant as he appears. Behind the scenes, he investigates the activities of a gang that cleans out Venice. Quite logically, he soon finds himself face to face with a bunch of shady brutal characters, among whom Zélos, a Greek nightclub owner, and Alessandro Cassidi, a powerful motor manufacturer married to the alluring Clara, twice younger than he is...
Le greffier du tribunal (uncredited)
Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...
Collaborator participating in the working meeting (uncredited)
In spite of his failures as a peddler, Casimir guaranteed his fiance that this time the vacuum cleaners will work for good. But he's still unsuccessful until he go to the appartment of Paul-Andre, a painter who was engaged by correspondence to a rich south-American woman. That's exactly when she arrive armed with a gun infuriated after she had received a rupture letter from the man she had never seen. She mistakenly took Casimir as her painter lover. Casimir his ready to flee until he learned she owned many hotels, a thousand rooms in fact. "A thousand rooms, a thousand vacuum cleaners", he suddenly think.
A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt is a fraudulent clairvoyant.
Un spectateur au concert (uncredited)
A beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.
Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa, visiting old friends: the Pescara's. But the father keeps receiving anonymous letters. And soon a mysterious murder is committed. SOS begins to investigate...
