Spiel

In her small village in Vendée, Ludvine, an orphan, is in love with Jean-Pierre, but he is jealously guarded by her woman employer. On the day of the "Fair of Women", a traditional event where young men can choose the girl they fancy, Jean-Pierre picks out Ludvine.

Dupuy, the first officer of the Cristobal, a French merchant ship, is informed by cabaret dancer La Rubia that the Cristobal carries a priceless secret cargo of gold. Based on the novel by Albert t'Serstevens.

The mysterious death of a well-known criminal sparks an investigation into national security.

Two different young couples marry, despite the wishes to the contrary of their parents.

Marie Leroux, who is married to Charles, an honest, understanding country doctor, lives an uneventful, rather monotonous life.Her husband is a kind man but he does not give her any thrill or excitement. One day, Marie meets Olivier Dumas-Beaulieu, a handsome industrialist, who is in the process of leaving his fiancée Corinne, despite her being pregnant by him. It is easy for the confirmed womanizer he is, to seduce Marie, who very foolishly thinks she has found true love. Shortly afterward Charles is shot dead by Olivier while the two men were having a quarrel about Marie. The latter, who finds the corpse, believes her husband has committed suicide. Which is not the police's opinion and Marie is arrested and condemned to ten years in prison. Annihilated by such unfair treatment and, worse, by the separation from her beloved eight-year-old daughter, she still manages to survive and to serve her sentence.

Jacques Audoin falls in love with a pianist, Evelyne Clery, and marries her. In reality, he had wanted to approach her, because he imagined that she had witnessed the murder of the lover of his first wife. Evelyne learns what has happened and, revolted by what she thinks is her husband's plot, commits suicide. Jacques confesses his crime.

A beautician inherits a racing stable and a fortune of 160 million, which she can only collect in 5 years, if she has maintained and cared for the horses, including Prince III, preferred by her uncle who made her his heir. The thoroughbred wins a race during which the rival jockey is killed. The police suspect murder.

Laurangeais stays in a nursing home after his wife dies following an accident caused by Terrian, his adopted son. When he leaves he finds Terrian who is going to get married. He drags his future wife into a cabin and kills her.

Michel Thierry is asked by the Second Bureau to go to Provence to help two colleagues, Leroy and Orcado, who are monitoring a gang of arms dealers. As soon as he arrives, Orcado is shot and leaves him an incomprehensible message in which three words are written: Sarah, Métis, Yerco...

Hélène has an affair with Alain for ten years, but does not want to divorce her husband. Alain receives one letter from a girl Michelle one day. Hélène, who is very jealous, receives that letter by chance and interprets it incorrectly.

A family of strict magistrates holds firm in protecting one of their members,who commits an error which provokes a storm of outrage.

Mr. Durand is bored in his relationship. He takes a mistress but does not take long to return to his wife, a little because he is sad, a little also because he has affection for her, but above all out of selfish habit.

A spy is instructed to investigate a case of arms and women trafficking covered behind a funeral services company.

A couple on their honeymoon in the French Riviera are cursed by an old woman in black.

A British officer poses as a traitor in order to infiltrate a team of terrorists who are sabotaging ships, while a seductive cabaret dancer is working for the mysterious genius who runs the enemy spy ring.

The Secret Service abducts a "rocket scientist" to better protect him against gangsters acting for Chinese agents.