On August 24, 1944, the day Paris was liberated, Maurice saw his cell door open. Although he had spent the whole war "in the shadows", it was not for acts of resistance, but for stealing a bicycle. His contact with the free world was quite brutal. The queues he observed at the butcher's gave him an idea. With the help of his childhood friend Roland, who has lost everything gambling-wise, he steals "Berlingot", the horse from a delivery car, and offers it for sale on the black market. But the "nag" is not of the same opinion.
as Maurice
as Roland
as Roland's neighbor with the dog
as Roland's concierge
as Jean-Pierre, effeminate butcher
as Creamer
as Agent who arrests the suitcase thief
as Employee of the slaughterhouse
as Police officer Léon
as Butcher boy
as Maurice's mother
as Roland's concierge
as Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief
as Police officer Marcel
as Gendarme who falls on the coal balls (uncredited)
