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George Sanders
Eugéne François Vidocq
Signe Hasso
Therese De Pierremont
Carole Landis
Loretta de Richet
Akim Tamiroff
Emile Vernet
Gene Lockhart
Prefect of Police Richet
Alma Kruger
Marquise De Pierremont
Alan Napier
Houdon De Pierremont, Police Minister
Jo Ann Marlowe
Mimi De Pierremont
Vladimir Sokoloff
Uncle Hugo
Pedro de Cordoba
Priest
Leona Maricle
Owner of Dress Shop
Fritz Leiber
Painter
Skelton Knaggs
Cousin Pierre
Fred Nurney
Cousin Gabriel
Gisela Werbisek
Aunt Ernestine
Marvin Davis
Little Louis
Barbara Bates
Girl by pool
Cindy Garner
Girl by pool
Mary Icide
Girl by pool
Daun Kennedy
Girl by pool
Sam Harris
Stage Show Spectator
Julius Tannen
Bank of Paris Manager

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Dec 03 2023

"Vidocq" - well that's the name he ultimately elects to stick with - has something of the "Oliver Twist" to the story of his birth. His mother was a petty thief, constantly in and out of jail, so he decides to follow in the family tradition where he (now George Sanders) meets "Emile" (Akim Tamiroff) and the two set about making themselves their fortunes! Their lively adventures eventually take them to the home of the influential Marquis de Pierremont where using a fair degree of guile - and having secured the amorous attentions of his grand-daughter - he finds himself chief of police and ideall...