Using curare, French bank executive Marcel fakes his own death to get away with embezzling money. His wife Simone and best friend Louis are also in on the scam while investigator Loiseaux looks into matters.

Three aspiring actresses share an apartment in Hollywood. Kathy sticks to her principles no matter what, naive Alicia is preyed upon, while Stephanie becomes determined to do whatever - or whoever - is necessary to break into the movies.