Two third-rate thespians feign a murder to make the headlines.Their subterfuge backfires on them and both are sentenced to death.

Two comedians down on their luck want to hit the big time.They are actually hams ,third-rate actors. In order to draw the crowds,Hector suggests Achille he "kill" him ;later he will "reappear" and both of them will make the headlines and become famous ,after such a miscarriage of justice.After the so called murder, after much exertion, Achille is arrested and sentenced to death.But Hector, who hides abroad, is arrested and ,mistaken for a spy ,gets a death sentence too.The firing squad is waiting for Hector who cannot save his friend anymore,the poor Achille ,about to put his head on the guillotine.—dbdumonteil