René Génin

In this classic noir, a factory worker reflects on the events leading up to the shooting that could free the woman he loves.

A masked avenger abducts a corrupt banker and battles a villainess to protect an innocent heiress from deadly schemes.

Fric-Frac features Fernandel as a naive jeweler's assistant who unknowingly gets mixed up with the Parisian underworld, namely Michel Simon's petty crook and Arletty's convicted-gangster's moll. Soon they decide they have to break into the jeweler's safe.