Famous author Bretonneau gets his ghost writer Moluchet to impersonate the notorious criminal Jim la Houlette and pretend to steal a manuscript to boost the sales of their novels.

Moluchet

Maitre Clisson

Bretonneau

Pauline Bretonneau

President of the tribunal

Prison guard

Attorney General

Marquise de la Verriere
November 1, 1935



Moluchet

Maitre Clisson

Bretonneau

Pauline Bretonneau

President of the tribunal

Prison guard

Attorney General

Marquise de la Verriere