Louis Dominique Bourguignon doesn't have a problem with robbing a man, but even bandits have ethics. So when the methods of his criminal boss, Malichot, become too offensive for the gentleman thief, Bourguignon abandons the outfit and starts his own, heading the gang using the pseudonym "Cartouche." But Malichot has no intention of sharing the criminal market with his former subordinate, and will use whatever means necessary to edge his new competitor out-either out of the city, or out of existence.