The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.

• Moulin D'Or
• Lucien Coëdel
• Fernand Ledoux
• Renée Faure
• Roger Pigaut
• Madeleine Robinson
• Pierre Labry
• Georges Tourreil
• Sinoël