The dynamic Flora has decided to burglarize Colonel de la Ribodiere's apartment in the company of Romeo and Clotaire. The two men discover the old soldier lifeless on his bed. One after the other, the colonel's goddaughter Annette, the gendarmes and their brigadier, the Grivier cousins, who are sniffing out the inheritance, and the three thieves, who are hoping to get their way, pass by each other and avoid each other in the house. La Ribodière isn't dead, but he listens to what's being said, forms an opinion about everyone, ousts the Griviers, rewards Annette with a betrothal to Clotaire, and gives Flora and Roméo absolution.
as Roméo
as Flora
as Mr. Grivier
as Leader of the brass band
as Brigadier
as Brigadier's wife
as Clotaire
as Notary
as Colonel de la Ribodière
as Elodie Grivier
as Cafe boss
as Donnadieu's son
as Auguste
as Gendarme
as Bistro boss (uncredited)