Word: vauban
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Young Vauban, a rich no-good, is picked up as a suspect. The trouble is that the innocent Vauban looks very guilty indeed - he had taken the girl out, they had quarreled, he had threatened her. But the whole countryside is sure that Vauban is too rich and influential to be prosecuted. This stings Prosecutor Berthier, and gradually he persuades himself that "justice" must be done. As the knowledge spreads that Berthier means to do his duty, he becomes a public hero. His girl's adoration lives in her eyes, and he knows the heady pride...