Vidocq

François Vidocq has been sentenced to eight years' hard labor for a crime he didn't commit. Escaped with the help of his faithful friends Desfossés and Fil de fer, the convict is pursued by his lifelong enemy: the policeman Flambart. Between scams and disguises, Vidocq initially leads an undercover life in 19th-century Paris. Eventually, the two men team up to fight criminals... And Vidocq succumbs to Annette's charms.

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11. Le système du docteur Terrier

8.0Mar 18, 1967 · 25 min

On their honeymoon in the north at Annette's godfather's, two counterfeiters blackmail Vidocq: either he helps them kill the English messenger with whom they're going to exchange counterfeit English bills for counterfeit French ones, or they denounce him. What's more, Flambart is in the area and Annette's godfather, who believes Vidocq is being pursued as a royalist conspirator, must not learn the truth...