The bandit Kriminal by pure chance finds a fragment of a map in an old porcelain statue indicating the location of two precious paintings hidden by a notorious outlaw before he was executed. Kriminal immediately begins searching for the three other statuettes, similar to the one in their possession, containing the fragments needed to complete the map .

A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.

The love story between Don Camillo's protégé and Don Violante's niece adds fuel to the rivalry between the two priests.