Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves
1926, French. Directed by Roger Lion & Nicolas Rimsky & Pierre Colombier.
Philibert Bretonneau signs novels which are actually written by Moluchet, his secretary, secretly in love with Bretonneau's charming wife, Pauline... One day, Jim la houlette, the king of thieves, resurfaces in France. He steals jewels from Madame Clisson, the wife of a lawyer. Saint-Lévy, Bretonneau's publisher, has an idea : to simulate the theft of a manuscript by Jim la houlette, in fact by Moluchet posing as the criminal. But Moluchet, confronted by the real Jim, lets him run away and is arrested...
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 12 November 1926
- Original title
- Jim la Houlette, Roi des Voleurs
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Michel Linsky, Raoul Ploquin
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Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 November 1926. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves (1926) was directed by Roger Lion and Nicolas Rimsky and Pierre Colombier and stars Gaby Morlay, Gil Clary, Nicolas Rimsky.