Alex Joffé

In 1901, Jules Duroc, a handyman has designed a bicycle more efficient than those of his contemporaries. One of his creditors also want to seize. While Jules ran over a bailiff continues throughout the race from Paris to San Remo where he multiplies the traps. (Wikipédia)

During WW2, a posh bourgeois woman (Morgan) is compelled to live under the same room as a crude simple-minded yet big-hearted man (Bourvil). Her husband was arrested by the Gestapo and she is a hunted woman.

In French prison camps in Germany during the last war, repeat the escape were forced to wear red panties. Anthony Rossi is in his sixth attempt to escape. Difficult to live, poor fellow, he exasperates his fellow captives. But this time, he managed to escape in the company of spineless fendard. Generous and resourceful, fendard Rossi tries to help when it is injured. But Anthony, in an atrocious gesture, trying to get rid of fendard when boarding the train of freedom ... (imdb)

During the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars Brigadier Le Gouce and private Jean-Louis forfeit their horses. Afraid of a severe punishment both lie to Captain Georges. They just make up a story about them having been the target of a selective ambush. Little later their regiment is annihilated by an Austrian attack. Only the two humbuggers are lucky enough to survive. Napoleon has them celebrated as heroes and thus they get into the books of history. (Wikpedia)

Louis Bourdin, a humble subway puncher at the RATP, boastful but fearful, works at the station Quai de la Rapée. He is so fanatical of detective novels that he writes one himself.

The stress of urban living, a new baby and problems with his desire to move in with the beautiful Juliette push André to take too many euphoric pills made in the laboratory where he is employed. (Wikipedia)

A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up the dictator's private plane as he returns, but at the last second he changes plans and travels on a commercial flight. The rebels then must make a difficult decision: they must either blow up a flight filled with innocent passengers, or else allow the dictator to return home and take brutal reprisals against the leaders of the uprising. (imdb)