Story :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.
Cast
Jean-Paul BelmondoLouis-Dominique Bourguignon alias Cartouche
Claudia CardinaleVénus
Jess HahnLa Douceur
Marcel DalioMalichot
Jean RochefortLa Taupe
Philippe LemaireGaston de Ferrussac
Noël RoquevertLe sergent recruteur
Odile VersoisIsabelle de Ferrussac
Jacques CharonLe colonel
Lucien RaimbourgLe maréchal
Jacques BalutinLe moine Capucine
Pierre ReppLe marquis de Griffe
Jacques HillingL'aubergiste
Paul PréboistUn gendarme
René MarlicPetit Oncle, le tavernier
Madeleine ClervannePierette la duègne
Raoul BillereyUn complice de Cartouche
Alain DekokLouison
Enzo CerusicoUn bandit
Bernard HallerPerroquet (voice)
Jean Lanier
Louis Viret
Maurice AuzelUn complice de Cartouche
Antoine BaudUn complice de Cartouche
Philippe de BrocaL'homme qui crie 'les aristocrates à la lanterne'