Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend, an artist, are forced at gunpoint to care for a fugitive, Peirre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre, even after he learns that Pierre has been making love to Maria, the girl Juju loves. Pla...
生意人麦斯（让·加宾 Jean Gabin 饰）游走于城市中灯火颓靡的场所，与一些黑帮人物保持着来往，不少女人欣赏他沉稳又不失轻佻的做派。是日，麦斯与合作多年的搭档里顿在舞厅里为毒贩安格罗提供了帮助，其时安格罗与里顿的情妇有染，麦斯虽心知肚明，但并未挑破，只是埋怨里顿把过多的精力用在不必要的地方。麦斯将里顿带回秘密住处，告之自己因汽车生意意外得到了价值五千万法郎的金砖。但消息不慎走漏，安格罗等人本欲为女人枪杀里顿，得知金砖存在之后遂将目标改变。麦斯独自摆脱追踪，里顿反因情妇被对方控制，一番权衡之下，麦斯组织人手，要从安格罗手中救下里顿……
本片获1954年威尼斯电影节最佳男主角奖。
