Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq

★ 7.9•1971•2 Seasons•ANIME

Crime

Based on the memoirs of Eugène-François Vidocq, this series follows the adventures of this former convict turned policeman in the early 19th century. In these new adventures, Vidocq comes up against a ravishing “baronne”, a formidable gang leader. The cases entrusted to Vidocq are not only police affairs, but also delicate, political and even diplomatic affairs.

Top Cast

Claude Brasseur

François Vidocq

Danièle Lebrun

la baronne Roxane de Saint-Gély

Marc Dudicourt

l'inspecteur Flambart

Jacques Seiler

Louis Desfossés

Pierre Pernet

l'acrobate

Alain MacMoy

le marquis de Modène

Episodes

Season:

1. The Iron Crate

55m

Vidocq, to everyone's surprise, has become head of the Sûreté Nationale. One of his former chain-mates, Desfossé, is compromised in a murder case.

Aired: 1/5/1971

2. The Three Vidocq Crimes

55m

Vidocq is accused of murdering two men who had denounced him to the police for blackmailing them. Arrested and imprisoned, he manages to escape and discovers a plot hatched by the Baroness de Saint-Gély: the criminal has hired a fake Vidocq to arrest some very wealthy thugs.