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.
Fernandel
Moluchet
Jacques Varennes
Maitre Clisson
Louis Florencie
Bretonneau
Mireille Perrey
Pauline Bretonneau
Henri Trévoux
Publisher
Jean Dax
President of the tribunal
Paul Faivre
Prison guard
Jean Diéner
Attorney General
Marcelle Rexiane
Maid
Marguerite Moreno
Marquise de la Verriere
