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- Russia, 1835. Lieutenant Hermann, a compulsive gambler, is fascinated by an infallible martingale held by Countess Tomski, nicknamed The Queen of Spades. The day Hermann wants to wring the secret from her, the countess dies of fear. Following this tragic scene, Hermann sinks into dementia. Luckily, Lisa, his frail lover, brings him back to life and happiness.
- The story of two young men, one a prince of royal Bali-blood and the other defined as a coolie, and they are both in love with Dasnee, a slave girl possessing the sensuous charms for which the women of Bali are known to have. The prince marries a girl of his caste and the coolie marries Dasnee, but the prince still loves Dasnee. So, with the aid of his sister---nice family---they give Desnee, while her husband is off elsewhere, a hearty dose of goona-goona and the prince spends the night having his way with Desnee. He goes home to the palace but leaves his sacred sword, known far and wide as 'Kris,' in the bed. When the husband comes home he knows who has been sleeping in and left his sacred sword in his bed. The husband sets out to right this wrong in the manner of his ancestors.
- A lady who had a secret affair lives in fear.
- Miquette, the daughter of Mme Grandier, a tobacconist, would be just another country girl if she did not make men crazy. For the time being, no fewer than three men vie for her: Marquis de la Tour Mirande, a nobleman ; Urbain , his young nephew ; and Monchablon, a mediocre actor on tour in her town. Fed up with being the victim of gossip, Miquette decides to try her luck in Hollywood...
- In a film studio, several actors are the victims of attempted murders. Julien Brisseau, a writer, decides to use these facts as the backbone of his new novel. But while he is working on his detective story, young actors are actually killed. Julien thence gets suspected by police inspector Vétillard. To clear his name, Julien undertakes to investigate and find the killer on his own...
- When Monsieur Crauqual, the supervisor, is found hanging, all wonder why this rather rich person decided to kill himself. And when a pupil is found hanging too, François and his friends decide to investigate. They are certain there is a killer within the walls of Collège François 1er and determined to prevent him from going on running wild.
- It is only the prospect of having a child that draws the otherwise strictly urban new wife, Suzanne, to a family farm, she really doesn't care for the countryside of for her in laws.