This Yves Allegret film is set in French Polynesia and stars Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andrea Parisy, Nicole Berger and Reg Lye. Basehart is the black sheep of a wealthy family of mining financiers based in France. He dumps the family life style and heads to Tahiti to make it on his own. His wife, Andrea Parisy, is less than amused with Basehart's choice.

Robert and Françoise Monier make a hot air balloon to fly to the stratosphere. After a visit to Venus, they return home, but have only aged 15 days whereas 25 years have passed on Earth.

For 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the wife's former lover. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself again in battle.

Maigret is called to the high-class Hotel Majestic to investigate a body. The wife of a wealthy American has been killed - but to Maigret's surprise she has a gun in her purse. He begins to follow up the handful of clues that could explain her secret life and her demise.

A nearsighted clerk gets fired after embarrassing mishaps. He mistakenly takes a gangster's raincoat, finds a gun inside, and is arrested as Public Enemy No. 1. Chaos erupts as both the police and the mob pursue him.

对于Cyclone号拖船的船长André Laurent (Jean Gabin) 以及一众船员而言，生活被海上的疾风暴雨与岸上的温暖家庭一分为二。某次惊险的出海，André拯救了魅惑的Catherine ( Michèle Morgan) 并为之倾倒。他无法自拔地远离了温柔却焦虑过度的十年发妻Yvonne (Madeleine Renaud) 。雅克·普莱维尔的编剧营造了出色氛围。本片对海上暴风雨的特技表现堪称四十年代的先驱。