A film based upon the life of Vidocq, the famous adventurer, who, after numerous prison escapes ceased being a crook, a thief and a counterfeiter, and was employed by Pasquier’s government’istry as director of the crime-fighting Sûreté Nationale.
Vidocq
Annette
Salembier
Prefect Henry
Chevalier
Saint-Germain
Convict
Fanfan, the repentant convict
Adèle
(uncredited)
In Memory Of
Director
