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Based on the memoirs of Eugène-François Vidocq, this series follows the adventures of this former convict turned policeman in the early 19th century. In these new adventures, Vidocq comes up against a ravishing “baronne”, a formidable gang leader. The cases entrusted to Vidocq are not only police affairs, but also delicate, political and even diplomatic affairs.
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1973-12-10
S2E7 — Vidocq and co.
The Prefect of Police, obeying the Confrérie des Vigilants, a secret society to which the Baroness belonged, dismissed Vidocq. He and his men set up a paper mill. They encounter hostility from the local population. The notary in charge of a wealthy banker's estate is killed by a parcel bomb. The vitriolic corpse of one of the notary's clerks is found near the paper mill. Vidocq, under suspicion, discovers that the corpses are actually those of beggars, stolen from the morgue. The notary and his two clerks, alive and well, are none other than the grand masters of the Confrérie, to whom the murdered banker bequeathed his fortune...
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Claude Brasseur
François Vidocq
Danièle Lebrun
la baronne Roxane de Saint-Gély
Marc Dudicourt
l'inspecteur Flambart
Jacques Seiler
Louis Desfossés
Pierre Pernet
l'acrobate
Alain MacMoy
le marquis de Modène
Walter Buschhoff
le docteur
Robert Party
Fouché
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