A son of a family in debt decides to put an end to his life and calls on a professional killer to do so, who promises to kill him within forty-eight hours. However the next day, money, luck and love smile at her again. Then can begin an infernal hide-and-seek between the assassin and his victim.
The inspector
Two modest young employees, Jean and Madeleine, dream of leading the way, but the experience turns out badly. Madeleine marries a German aristocrat who turns out to be a spy, and finds Jean who had joined the Legion.
The film portrays the relationship between a female Moroccan student, who has been forced to leave her studies at the Sorbonne for financial reasons and works as a dancer in a Paris nightclub, and a French naval officer. However, on returning to Casablanca she is tricked into believing that he had the led attack on her village that wiped out her family. She begins to plot her revenge.
inspecteur Ménard
В Версале на своей вилле убита богатая американка мадам Андерсон, единственный племянник и наследник которой погряз в долгах, растратив все былые средства на свою возлюбленную. Но все улики указывают на курьера Жозефа Эртана, который арестован и приговорен к смертной казни. Комиссар Мегрэ не верит в виновность Эртана и тайно организует его побег, полагая, что это выведет его на след настоящего убийцы.