
Having received a promotion, the brave gendarme Crouchot arrives in the cozy resort town of Saint-Tropez with his beautiful daughter Nicole. The kind but understated local gendarmes gladly accept Crouchot into their circle. But their joy quickly fades: not so kindly, but even more stupid Crouchot rushes with zeal to defend the law even when the law does not need his protection.
With the arrival in Saint-Tropez of the gendarme Crouchot "peaceful" life of the town ends: hunting for nudists, searching for a priceless painting stolen from the museum, catching a gang of dangerous criminals - the useless gendarme always has something to do. And the frivolous Nicole needs an eye and an eye...