Mr. Topaze ('Peter Sellers' ) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy baroness. Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy (Nadia Gray), a musical comedy actress, to hire Mr. Topaze as the front man for his business. Gradually, Topaze becomes a rapacious financier who sacrifices his honesty for success and, in a final stroke of business bravado, fires Benac and acquires Suzy in the deal. An old friend and colleague, Tamise (Michael Gough) questions him and tells Topaze that if what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men. 　　译文(2): 托帕兹先生(“彼得 · 塞勒斯”)是法国一个不起眼的小镇上的一位谦逊的老师，他诚实地面对错误。当他拒绝给一个不及格的学生，一个富有的男爵夫人的孙子及格时，他被解雇了。卡斯特尔 · 本纳克(赫伯特 · 洛姆饰)是一名政府官员，兼职经营一家不正当的金融公司。他的情妇苏西(纳迪娅 · 格雷饰)说服他雇佣托帕兹先生做他的生意。苏西是一名音乐喜剧演员。渐渐地，托帕兹变成了一个贪婪的金融家，他为了成功而牺牲了自己的诚实，在最后的商业虚张声势中，解雇了本纳克，并在交易中收购了苏西。一位老朋友兼同事塔米兹(迈克尔 · 高夫饰)问他，并告诉托帕兹，如果他现在说的话和做的事表明没有更诚实的人了。