Minouche
영화 속의 갱으로 등장하는 험프리 보가트를 선망하는 좀도둑 미셸 푸가드는 차를 훔쳐 달리다가 무의식적으로 차안에 있던 총으로 경관을 죽이고 쫓기는 몸이 된다. 그러던 중 어느 모델의 지갑을 훔치다가 니스에서 만난 적이 있는 미국에서 유학 온 패트리샤를 다시 보게 되고 함께 도망 갈 것을 제의한다. 그들은 그녀의 작은 아파트에서 며칠을 함께 지내면서 그들은 책에 대해서, 죽음에 대해서 얘기를 나누며 즐거운 시간을 보낸다. 그리고 절도, 강도 행각을 벌이면서 그녀에게 정중하고, 삶과 죽음에 대해 두려워하지 않는 그에게 패트리샤도 매력을 느낀다. 그러나 패트리샤는 미셸을 사랑하는지 확신할 수가 없다.
Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky (Najda Tiller), whom he considers to be more victim than criminal. Taking it upon himself to wean Lucky away from narcotics, Vallois also wins her love -- and, incidentally, smashes the dope ring responsible for her addiction
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.
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Employed in a beauty salon, Amédée must undergo a pentothal injection. The dose is too strong; suddenly Amédée reveals the truth to everyone; to clients of the institute; to his cheating wife; to his boss that he robs; to the tax collector; etc. When the effects of the truth serum wear off, everyone returns contentedly to their little swamp.
Petrus, a Montmartre photographer, is accidentally wounded by Migo, a dancer at the Frou Frou night club, when she is trying to shoot her faithless lover Rodrigue, a counterfeiter. Though Petrus tries to reconcile the lovers, Migo lands up with him after Rodrigue is finally killed by another jealous dancer.
