In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Louis-Dominique Bourguignon alias Cartouche
Claudia Cardinale
as Vénus
Jess Hahn
as La Douceur
Marcel Dalio
as Malichot
Jean Rochefort
as La Taupe
Philippe Lemaire
as Gaston de Ferrussac
Noël Roquevert
as Le sergent recruteur
Odile Versois
as Isabelle de Ferrussac
Jacques Charon
as Le colonel
Lucien Raimbourg
as Le maréchal
Jacques Balutin
as Le moine Capucine
Pierre Repp
as Le marquis de Griffe
