"A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles."
Claude Rains
as Kees Popinga
Marius Goring
as Inspector Lucas
Märta Torén
as Michele Rozier
Anouk Aimée
as Jeanne
Herbert Lom
as Julius de Koster, Jr.
Lucie Mannheim
as Maria Popinga
Felix Aylmer
as Merkemans
Ferdy Mayne
as Louis
Eric Pohlmann
as Goin
Michael Nightingale
as Clerk
Gibb McLaughlin
as Julius de Koster Snr.
Joan St. Clair
as Frida Popinga
Robin Alalouf
as Karl Popinga
Michael Alain
as Train Conductor
Jean Deveaux
as Train Official
Roy Purcell
as Pierre
MacDonald Parke
as American Businessman
Mary Mackenzie
as Madame Lucas
Louis Matto
as Joie de Vivre Barman (uncredited)
Arthur Mallard
as (Uncredited)
Pat Ryan
as Joie de Vivre Patron (uncredited)
Charles Wood
as Chess Player (uncredited)
Raymond Stross
Producer
David Berman
Associate Producer
Josef Shaftel
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Vera Campbell
Editor
Paul Sheriff
Art Direction
Harold French
Director
Georges Simenon
Novel
Screenplay
Paul Jarrico
Benjamin Frankel
Original Music Composer
Conductor
Ernest Holding
Production Manager
Peter R. Hunt
Adrian Pryce-Jones
Assistant Director
Edward Joseph
Location Manager
Gus Drisse
Camera Operator
Leonard Trumm
Sound Editor
Elven Webb
Assistant Art Director
W. H. Lindop
Sound Recordist
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Ida Mills
Hairdresser
Mattli
Costume Design
Fred Mannin
Scenic Artist
Fred Ryan
Boom Operator