On August 24, 1944, the day Paris was liberated, Maurice saw his cell door open. Although he had spent the whole war "in the shadows", it was not for acts of resistance, but for stealing a bicycle. His contact with the free world was quite brutal. The queues he observed at the butcher's gave him an idea. With the help of his childhood friend Roland, who has lost everything gambling-wise, he steals "Berlingot", the horse from a delivery car, and offers it for sale on the black market. But the "nag" is not of the same opinion.

Maurice

Roland

Roland's concierge

Jean-Pierre, effeminate butcher

Creamer

Agent who arrests the suitcase thief

Acting

Police officer Léon

Butcher boy

Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief

Gendarme who falls on the coal balls (uncredited)
January 24, 1962

Maurice

Roland

Roland's concierge

Jean-Pierre, effeminate butcher

Creamer

Agent who arrests the suitcase thief

Acting

Police officer Léon

Butcher boy

Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief

Gendarme who falls on the coal balls (uncredited)

