The English children are on holiday in the Tyrolean alps and are having a great time when one of them breaks his leg. The rest of the children get him to a mountain hut but then the avalanche strikes.
A group of outlaws takes a man's wife and child hostage. He must walk a fine line between working with the police to rescue his family and not angering the kidnappers to the point where they might hurt or kill them.
Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave ...