A young Parisian woman attends a school for coquettes in order to rise in society.
Le chauffeur
Michel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss Charles Vanel. The inspector knows full well that Vanel is too crafty and well-connected to ever stand trial for his crime, so he carefully lays a subtle trap for his adversary. Unfortunately, both Piccoli and Vanel are thwarted by a pair of scheming females.
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Филипп – инженер-конструктор, руководящий проектом по возведению громадной дамбы. Он должен уложиться в установленные сроки сдачи объекта, несмотря на возникающие на его пути препятствия – забастовки, несчастные случаи и т.д. Однако, есть еще и другая причина, заставляющая его спешить – у него больное сердце и жить ему осталось совсем немного…
Inspecteur Dupont
Послевоенная Франция. Синдикат наркоторговцев переживает нелегкие времена.
Jacques Montet, a successful crime story writer, has already written a hundred books and would like to call it quits now to devote himself to loftier writing. But his wife, a cold-hearted, money-minded, bossy woman won't allow. All the more as she is the one who supplies Jacques with the plots of his detective stories. When Jacques, yearning for true love, meets young, pretty Muriel, he can't stand the situation any longer. Fortunately - for him - the plot of the 101st detective story imagined by his wife is about a ... perfect crime. He simply has to follow her instructions to ... get rid of her. Everything goes according to plan until Jacques discovers a scary detail: the presence of a mysterious witness on the scene of the crime.
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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.
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Saul De Tarse is a Roman soldier who is making rough all over. He arrives at the Golgotha when the apostles remove the cross. He ruthlessly persecutes the Christians, even though they are his own friends.
The photograph
An industrialist who prefers painting to business is cheated on by his wife with a painter who prefers business to painting.
Colette gives up her studies to become a cabaret dancer. She breaks with her fiance who does not approve of her choice.
A wealthy financier is murdered in his desirable mansion.Two lieutenants, a tough guy and a rookie, investigate.
