"A methodical police inspector becomes entangled in a web of deceit after a murder investigation reveals disturbing connections to his own department. As suspicion tightens around him, he must outwit both the killer and the system to survive."
Yves Montand
as Inspecteur Marc Ferrot
François Périer
as Commissaire Ganay
Simone Signoret
as Thérèse Ganay
Stefania Sandrelli
as Sylvia Leopardi
Vadim Glowna
as L'inspecteur Abadie
Mathieu Carrière
as L'inspecteur Ménard
Claude Bertrand
as Le marchand de cochons
Gabrielle Doulcet
as La vieille aux chats
Alice Reichen
as La marchande de stylos
Tony Rödel
as L'Alsacien
Georges-Fréderic Dehlen
as Le contrôleur de la S.N.C.F
Serge Marquand
as Le rouquin
Stéphane Macha
as
Roger Muni
Malvina Penne
Michel Ruhl
Franz Sauer
Kenneth Fearing
Novel
Daniel Boulanger
Screenplay
Dialogue
Alain Corneau
Director
Writer
Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko
Production Design
Bénédicte Kermadec
Script Supervisor
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Editor
Étienne Becker
Director of Photography
Albina du Boisrouvray
Producer
Jean-Marc Guérin
Key Hair Stylist
Maud Begon
Makeup Department Head