Film Synopsis
Pierre Gastié-Leroy is a 30-something idealist who is far from happy
with being the son of an incredibly rich arms manufacturer. Afflicted
with an unwavering desire to help others less fortunate than himself, Pierre
turns his back on his military-obsessed family and devotes himself to his
true calling as a social worker. Presently, he is preoccupied with
three juvenile delinquents, Luis, Georges and Didier, but this troublesome
trio repays Pierre's kindness by getting him arrested in the course of a
botched robbery. Pierre now finds he has no choice but to accept a
post at his father's armaments factory.
Incapable of settling any disputes with his father's employees, Pierre soon
makes himself unpopular, but along the way he discovers love, in the form
of the factory's attractive nurse, Danou. So desperate is Pierre to
escape from his present predicament that he offers jobs to his old friends
Luis, Georges and Didier, with the intention of getting them to wreck the
factory. Far from driving Pierre's father to ruin, the three enterprising
delinquents appear determined to make him even richer, by doing all they
can to improve productivity and frustrate union activities. They then
show their initiative by stealing five hundred tanks and trying to sell them
on the black market. Gastié-Leroy Senior finally gets his comeuppance
during a demonstration of a new radio-controlled rocket, arranged for the
benefit of the Defence Minister. What goes up must come down, but not
always where you would like it to...
© James Travers
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