Vidocq

1939 | 105 minutes | 7.0 ★ (1)

Vidocq
  • Overview

    A film based upon the life of Vidocq, the famous adventurer, who, after numerous prison escapes ceased being a crook, a thief and a counterfeiter, and was employed by Pasquier’s government’istry as director of the crime-fighting Sûreté Nationale.

  • Release Date

    18 March 1939

  • DirectingJacques Daroy
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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