A sparkling four-way affair overflowing with dialogue that showcases writer-director Sacha Guitry’s wit, Quadrille stars Guitry as a magazine editor whose longtime girlfriend (whom he hopes to make his fiancée) is uncontrollably drawn to a handsome American movie star. Meanwhile, a discerning reporter (Jacqueline Delubac) watches from the sidelines with amusement and provides the final corner of this romantic rectangle.
During a long awaited family soiree Cedric challenges his relatives why they keep him from his journey.
It's the 1940's, in the dusty town of Torres Mochas, the feeling of exhilaration and anticipation spreads through the air. The arrival of the enigmatic American who is expected to marry the youngest of the 5 "Virgin Josefitas" is on everybody's mind.
抗战时期，珠宝商韩天奎和女儿韩大珠将商会同仁捐献给抗日将士的一箱珠宝存放在刘善朴的当铺内，同时韩天奎将一把短剑作为信物，约定取货之时只认剑、不认人。 韩天奎在回家的路上不幸被杀，短剑也落入东湖水中，女儿大珠死里逃生。大珠和妹妹小珠请来船工赵通海前往东湖打捞短剑。大珠记得出事当天，岸边曾有一僧尼，姐妹俩找到僧尼慧琛，请师傅说出短剑的下落。慧琛认清大珠后，约于次日清晨阉前见。当晚慧琛发现数人被害，心知不妙，翌日匆匆指出短剑的位置，便离开了碧云庵。然而，在慧琛大师所指的位置，大珠仅仅只打捞出剑鞘，却怎么也捞不到短剑。此时岸上一帮歹徒逼来，要他们交出短剑。一场激战，歹徒被击退后，大珠再次找到慧琛，慧琛知道短剑来由后，遂让弟子取出，原来短剑已被慧琛捞起。 三人直奔刘善朴家，开门的竟是湖边夺剑的歹徒，又是一场激战。大珠终于费尽周折，找到了刘善朴，于是当场焚香试剑，两剑相斥，无可非议。正当三人往外走时，刘善朴女儿刘小玉赶来告诉他们院内有埋伏。一阵枪响过后，小玉倒在血泊之中。小玉同学王长贵在刘家小住，一日晚上意外的发现刘善朴原来是日本间谍，他把这个消息告诉了刘善朴的家丁。此刻家丁们才恍然大悟是被日本人所利用。大珠、赵通海一行和王长贵等人最终杀死了刘善朴，夺回了珠宝。
