从小，方托马斯（让?马莱 Jean Marais 饰）就爱搞恶作剧。不过，死对头瑞夫警长（路易?德?菲耐斯 Louis de Funès 饰）一直希望抓他归案。为了给后者一个下马威，方托马斯绑架了科学家马尔尚。记者方尔多和未婚妻艾莱娜报道了此事。罗马科学大会即将召开，为了防止方托马斯前来捣乱，瑞夫警长率领手下开始了声势浩大的搜捕行动。在列车上，方托马斯依靠出众的易容术，不但躲过了这些追查自己的耳目...
When the monks living at a small rural monastery face it being transformed into a hotel due to the lack of income, a newcomer monk convinces them their only chance is teaching them soccer...