
A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.

as Pierre-Joseph Lesurques

as Mina Lesurques - The Wife of the Accused

as The prosecutor - Judge Daubenton

as Blind witness

as Madeleine Brebant

as Eugénie Dargence

as Claudine Faugier-Odot

as Valentin Durochat

as Courriol

as Jean Bruer

as Franck Excofon

as The jeweler Eugène Legrand

as Jean Delafolie

as Guénot

as The woman Grossetête

as The daughter Sauton

as Madame Tallien

as Margot Lesurques

as President Gohier

as The lawyer of Lesurques

as The public prosecutor

as Pierre Choppart

as Pierre Lesurques

as Notary's Son (uncredited)