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
Publisher
President of the tribunal
Prison guard
Attorney General
Maid
Marquise de la Verriere
Writer
Director
