Pierre Arland

A criminal making plans to pull off one big score before he retires, comes into possession of secret papers worth a fortune, but dies while attempting the hit. His wife takes those papers for herself, while discovering there are rival criminals, a powerful organization and a sleazy blackmailer.

Film à sketches : l'escroquerie vue par cinq cinéastes internationaux : Roman Polanski (La Rivière de diamants), Hiromichi Horikawa (Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Ugo Gregoretti (La Feuille de route), Jean-Luc Godard (Le Grand escroc), Claude Chabrol (L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel).