A homeless doppelgänger crashes high society—what could possibly go right?
A banker threatened by gangsters is replaced by a tramp who is his perfect double. The gangsters arrest the fake banker and take him for a madman.
Acting
Pierre Larquey's dual performance is genuinely impressive for 1935.
Direction
Cammage keeps the mistaken-identity chaos tightly controlled.
Director
Maurice Cammage
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1935 film captures the lingering spirit of French pre-Code cinema—bolder, weirder, and more politically pointed than what Hollywood allowed after 1934.
Pierre Larquey was already 56 here and would act for another 25 years, becoming a beloved character actor in over 200 films.
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