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.
Director
Writers
Jean Guitton
Moluchet
Maitre Clisson
Bretonneau
Pauline Bretonneau
Publisher
President of the tribunal
Prison guard
Attorney General
Maid
Marquise de la Verriere