<p>Two hungry lawyers are looking for clients by all means. One would like to urge Pierrot, the other Mme Bégriche to sue anyone under any pretext. But they refuse, flee and then hit the lawyers. The two lawyers join forces to create a dispute: one kills Pierrot's cat and accuses Mme Bégriche of the crime, while the other kills Mme Bégriche's parrot and blames the cat. Dragged to court by their lawyers, the two plaintiffs, victims of the Commissaire's stupidity, were sentenced to be hanged. But they escape without paying any fees and beat up the lawyers who are chasing them. The two lawyers blame each other for this failure and fight to death.</p>

Glove-puppet

All audiences

France

Paris

Duranty Louis Émile Edmond

Printed

Hunger

Lawyer

Trial

Judgment

Speech for the defense

Parrot

Injustice

Crime

Latin

False testimony

Discord

Comical

Satirical

Parodistic

Farcical

French

Pierrot

Police Superintendant

Animal

Misunderstanding

Blow-with-a-stick

Chase

Fight to the death

Court scene

Parodic trial

Hanging scene

Les Plaideurs malgré eux

The Plaintiffs in spite of themselves