Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...
Tüm entrika, bir kasada bulunan "carte-blanche" (kayıtsız şartsız yetki) belgeleri etrafında dönüyor. Bu belgelerdeki boşluğu kim doldurursa, bir revünün sahibi oluyor. İşin içinde büyük paralar var. Kasanın sahibinin yeğeni, amcasını kandırmaya ve belgelere kendi adını yazdırmaya çalışıyor. Ancak işler daha da karmaşık çünkü banka müdürünün de bu işte parmağı var. Bu düzeni, mütevazı bir banka veznedarından (Pierre Richard) başka kim bozabilir ki?
In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to keep his ill-gotten money.
Georges Lachaunaye is a member of an impoverished aristocratic family which needs money to live but of course doesn't want to work for it. He therefore has to think of something drastic in order for the family to survive. And then it comes to him: he'll rob the collection boxes in churches.
After getting screwed over by life (again), two losers decide that enough is enough. Using stolen ski masks and stolen toy guns, they take hostages in their local bank, holding them for ransom. Things go well until the hostages learn what's going on, and demand a piece of the action for themselves.