They Were Five

Now that the world conflict is over five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other But theres many a slip twixt the cup and the lip Jean becomes a postman Marcel a boxer Roger an actor André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been a young man of good social standing Roger who cant find any role is introduced through his singer sister Valérie to Frédo a shady nightclub ownerRoger soon becomes one of Frédos henchmen To make matters worse he swipes Jeans fiancée Simone Marcel who loses fight after fight ends up joining Fredos gang as well André who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation gets killed in the Indochina war Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery In her turn Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail