"A film based upon the life of Vidocq, the famous adventurer, who, after numerous prison escapes ceased being a crook, a thief and a counterfeiter, and was employed by Pasquier’s government’istry as director of the crime-fighting Sûreté Nationale."
André Brulé
as Vidocq
Nadine Vogel
as Annette
René Ferté
as Salembier
Jean Worms
as Prefect Henry
Henri Bosc
as Chevalier
Maurice Lagrenée
as Saint-Germain
Rognoni
as
Alexandre Mihalesco
Georges Paulais
Jeanne Lion
Clary Monthal
Monette Dinay
Nina Rossi
Colette Desbruyères
Roger Legris
Anthony Gildès
Pierre Clarel
as Convict
Paul Demange
Daniel Clérice
Max Dalban
Pierre Darmant
Léon Peltier
Pierre de Ramey
Teddy Michaud
Robert Ralphy
Bruno Clair
Jean Brochard
as Fanfan, the repentant convict
Eliane Pascal
as Adèle
Jean Bouzanquet
as (uncredited)
Paul Faivre
Renée Guérin
Marcel Pérès
Léon Roger-Maxime
Eugène-François Vidocq
In Memory Of
Jacques Daroy
Director