Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. His rival Philippe de Gonzague hates him enough to organise an attempt on him. The Duke is accompagnied by Henri de Lagardère when de Gonzague's henchmen altogether attack him. Lagardère cannot save his friend because the both of them are hopelessly outnumbered. He has to escape in order to save the Duke's daughter and swears revenge. Together with his old buddy Passepoil he raises the little girl in Spain. At the same time he returns frequently to France where he detects confronts his friend's murderers and puts them to the sword one by one until only their former leader is left. Finally he discovers that Philippe de Gonzague is the man for whom he is looking.
Jean Marais
as Henri de Lagardère
Bourvil
as Passepoil
Sabine Sesselmann
as Aurore de Nevers / Isabelle de Caylus
François Chaumette
as Philippe de Gonzague
Jean Le Poulain
as Peyrolles
Hubert Noël
as Philippe de Nevers
Paulette Dubost
as Dame Marthe
Edmond Beauchamp
as Don Miguel
Alexandre Rignault
as L'aubergiste
Paul Cambo
as Philippe d'Orléans
Georges Douking
as Le marquis de Caylus
Annie Anderson
as Une invitée au bal
