Story :Judge Julien Lamy regularly deals with the welfare of children, namely down on their luck delinquents. When an orphan named Alain Robert burns down a barn belonging to his abusive foster family, Judge Lamy has no choice but to send him to a juvenile jail. There he meets an older boy named Francis Lanoux, who is desperate to escape and be reunited with his girlfriend Sylvette. The boys eventually flee the institution, as Francis goes in search of his lost love and Alain continues looking for his parents. Unfortunately, the little rebels run into some big problems once on the outside.
Cast
Jean GabinJulien Lamy
Anne DoatSylvette
Serge LecointeFrancis Lanoux
Jimmy UrbainAlain Robert
Robert DalbanJoseph
Jean-Jacques DelboBelote player
Dora DollMrs. Lecarnoy
Jane MarkenChildren's delegate
Claire OlivierMrs. Noël, judge's secretary
Renée PasseurFrancis' grandmother
Raphaël PatorniSubstitute
Jean d'YdFrancis' grandfather
Jacques MoulièresGérard Lecarnoy
Georges AminelLawyer
Josette ArnoYoung prostitute
Louis BugetteInspector
Véronique DeschampsSocial worker
Gérard FallecKid
Raymond Faure
Jean Hébey'La Cravate'
Guy HenryInspector
Jean-Jacques Lécot
Albert MichelNeighboring farmer asking for the ladder