Following a successful experimental operation to reverse age, a wealthy businessman stages his own death and assumes the identity of his nephew. His spurious pursuit of a very young woman eventually catches up with him, as does his age.

While a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of thugs try to take over the ship.

1463年，巴黎被国王的劲敌勃艮第产区公爵包围，他是国王的主要竞争对手，在穷人挨饿的时候，他满足于坐着。但在巴黎，有卖国贼，而路易国王则秘密地找到了一个，从而会见了Francois Villon、诗人、哲学家和流氓。Villon可能会杀了国王的叛徒，并被命令取代他。作为法国的大警察！但是有一个陷阱…

1937 film by William Dieterle, William Keighley