The Convict

The practice of Dr Julien a GP of Marseilles consists mainly of drugaddicts One day one of his patient dies at his surgery and Julien yields to the temptation he steals the dead mans money and hides the corpse in a trunk But the whole thing is discovered and misinterpreted The doctor is condemned for killing the junkie and sent to the Cayenne convict prison from which he escapes The Indians give him shelter and he is soon given the opportunity to return their good deed when a yellow fever epidemic strikes their tribe A young woman helps to fight the disease and thanks to her Julien starts considering that a new life is possible for him