Claudette Donald

Boniface, timide étalagiste, trouve un soir en rentrant chez lui un cadavre dans son lit. Kidnappé à sa sortie du commissariat par le véritable assassin, Charlie, un chef de bande, Boniface se retrouve libre et héros du jour au lendemain. Adulé, fêté et reconnu, Boniface commence sérieusement à gêner Charlie, qui décide d'enlever sa petite amie, Irène. Ce geste donnera à l'honnête Boniface la force d'accomplir cette fois, un audacieux coup de main qui mettra fin à la bande de gangsters.

Un tondeur de moutons ambitieux rêve de devenir coiffeur pour dames à Paris. Arrivé dans la capitale, grâce à son talent, mais aussi à son culot, le succès lui sourit rapidement. Mais la gloire finit par lui tourner la tête. Il se rendra vite compte que cette vie agitée autant sentimentalement que professionnellement n'est finalement qu'un mirage.

Madeleine Lebeau, a woman who charges for her easy virtue, has a plan that has some of her customers paying more than others; she tells them she is pregnant and, to avoid complications, the men pay her money and don't hang around for the birth. Yves Furet, a shiftless gambler, who not only encourages her in her business ventures but is also her fiancée, shares the fruit of her non-labor. She latches onto a wealthy widower, Henri Vilbert, who throws her a curve-ball when, after she tells him she is pregnant, he is overjoyed as he has fallen in love with her and is looking forward to becoming a father. She plays along for a while, but becomes ashamed when she sees how Vilbert is devoting his whole life to a child that she isn't carrying. She fakes a miscarriage and his kindness makes her feel guilty and she confesses, but he doesn't believe her. So she tries another plan.