EUGENE FRANCOIS VIDOCQ, A SOPHISTICATED CON MAN, WORKS HIS WAY UP TO BECOME THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN PARIS AND PLANS TO ROB THE CITY BANK. IN THE MEANTIME, HE MEETS EMILE WITH WHOM HE SWINDLES PEOPLE. STARRING CAROLE LANDIS, GEORGE SANDERS, SIGNE HASSO, GENE LOCKHART, AKIM TAMIROFF, ALAN NAPIER.