Jim the Cracksman the King of Thieves

Philibert Bretonneau signs novels which are actually written by Moluchet his secretary secretly in love with Bretonneaus charming wife Pauline One day Jim la houlette the king of thieves resurfaces in France He steals jewels from Madame Clisson the wife of a lawyer SaintLévy Bretonneaus publisher has an idea to simulate the theft of a manuscript by Jim la houlette in fact by Moluchet posing as the criminal But Moluchet confronted by the real Jim lets him run away and is arrested