파리의 으슥한 밤거리. 귀가길에서 시민 주머니를 털어 도망가던 두 명의 도둑이 있다. 경찰의 추적에 몰린 이들은 순간적으로 꾀를 내어 한 명만 잡히기로 한다. 그러자 두 명 중 한 명이 자기 동료를 붙잡는다. 알고 보니 이들은 모두 경찰들이다. 산전수전 다 겪은 노련한 경찰인 르네는 천연덕스럽게 같이 강도를 하던 동료를 체포한다. 만년 말단 형사인 르네는 자신의 구역에 있는 상인들에게 비리를 미끼로 돈을 뜯어내는 '타락한' 경찰이다. 르네는 한마디로 직권 남용죄에 걸려도 여러번 걸린 형사. 지저분한 파리 교외에서 몸부딪치며 살아가는 사람들에게 교묘하게 용돈을 울궈낸다. 노름꾼에게 돈을 걸면 억지로라도 따게 되어 있고 안경 노점상에서 안경을 사면 오히려 더 얹어서 거슬러 준다. 레스토랑은 물론 꽁자. 그러던 어느날 경마에 단단히 미친 그는 현행범이 눈앞에 있는데도 잡기는 커녕 경찰 사이렌을 올리며 마감 직전에 경마장에 가서 마권을 사게 된다. 그런데 어느날, 자신이 감방에 보낸 동료 대신 경찰학교를 졸업한 젊은 형사 프랑소와가 파트너로 배치되는데...
The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?
Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They kidnap the American ambassador after one of his regular visits to an exclusive brothel. The gang starts to quarrel amongst themselves as to the diplomat's fate, while the police purge suspects in their attempts to destroy the Nada faction. As the violence escalates on both sides, the States and the terrorists are forced to use one another's methods in an increasingly desperate and relentless conflict.
Four guys working for a small grocer in trouble, declare war on a new giant neighborhood supermarket by attempting several coups. A film about the big store taking over the business of smaller stores.
Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, the criminal (Robert Hossein) is tracked by the inspector (Charles Aznavour), a former childhood friend. Plenty of gunplay and psychology is used to trap the killer. His only tender moments are spent with his girlfriend Stella (Virna Lisi). Dillinger is cornered by the police and kills several innocent victims in a crowd during the shootout. The mob decides to take things into their own hands as they approach the doomed man with a noose when he runs out of bullets.
A scientist from the East happens in France where it is supposed to improve one of his inventions. But it is much more interested in the fact to enjoy it and have fun ...
After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning to the music shop he discovers that the precious instrument has just been sold! The problem is complicated by the fact that five stars all bought the same model that morning...
