Summary
A member of a gang that specialises in arson attacks on boats decides
to become an honest man. His former accomplices are outraged at
this betrayal and plan to blackmail him. One of their
informers loves him too much to betray him, so she sacrifices herself
so that he can avoid being sent to prison.
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Credits
- Director: Léo Joannon
- Script: Alfred Machard, Alfred Machard (novel)
- Photo: André Bac, Boris Kaufman
- Music: Jean Wiener
- Cast: Pierre Renoir (Jean Verdier), Marie Bell (Mattia), Roger Karl (Rouque), Charles Lemontier, Robert Ozanne, Georges Prieur, Thomy Bourdelle (Eric Schutz), Lucien Callamand (Le maître d’hôtel), Marcel Dalio, Simone Barillier (Régine), René Bergeron (Le capitaine), Enrico Glori
- Country: France / Netherlands
- Language: French
- Runtime: 80 min; B&W
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