When a young recruit marries one of his regiment's best loved legends, her past and his lack of one ruin both of their lives.

A militant trade union official (John Collin) is shot by his wife (Lynn Farleigh) with an antique gun belonging to his employer (John Stratton).

A cop kills a con man, but is it in the line of duty or was it a personal vengeance?

A woman, accused of killing her brother, confesses to the crime, but so does the victim's widow.

Dazzled by the daughter of a long-time friend, an otherwise prudent man is swept off his feet and into court for murder.

Attorney Maitre Savel has a special reason for defending an accused murderess they were once in love.

When the abusive Leon Bourzat is murdered, suspicion falls on his wife and daughter. Emilie has worshipped her husband for years and been treated as a drudge in return. When she is accused of her murder, her refusal to justify her action seems strange, particularly as she will think of her husband as an "angel."

In the twilight of a distinguished life, an elderly man falls victim to a beautiful young woman. Paul, now retired after a distinguished career, falls in love with Babette, a young typist with a Paris underworld background. But his infatuation leads to murder.

When Lady Danet's husband is found dead, she and her friend Janine insist that he committed suicide, but the police suspect murder.

When a man shoots his wife, it is his mother who gives him both the gun and the push to do it.

A pillar of society is shot down and with him falls his cloak of respectability.

The enigmas of the Church intrude into the logic of the courtroom when Daniel, a monk, is accused of murdering his sister-in-law, with whom he had once been in love. Prosecutor Lacan is puzzled by the apparent conspiracy of silence among his fellow monks.

Lina is a hard-saving prostitute who won't say why she tried to bump off her lover. Neither he will. Lina shoots her lover Guy Anquetil while he is waiting on an underground station with his glrliend Paulette Havelot. The shot merely wounds Guy, but Lisa's second aim kills Paulette as she rushes to his aid. When Lina is brought to trial for Paulette's murder, Maitre Savel defending her, is puzzled by the silence of his client. If she won't justify her actions then he must.