"A group of policemen look over three murder cases including a cutthroat that prays on young women, a madman that hid his deformed landlord's corpse in the floor, and a wine aficionado who buries his friend alive."
Fernand Ledoux
as Montrésor
Suzy Carrier
as Léontine
Jules Berry
as Fortunato
Paul Frankeur
as Dugelay
Olivier Hussenot
as Truffault
Marina de Berg
as Eugénie
Roger Rafal
as
Jean-François Laley
as Lafarge
Pierre Collet
as Cotin / François
Jandeline
as Aglaé
Fernand Gilbert
as The peddler
Henri San Juan
as Arnold
Jacques Dufilho
as The drunken conscript
Martial Rèbe
as Barnabé
Barbara Val
Pierre Moncorbier
Maurice Chevit
Emile Chopitel
Pierre Duncan
René Alone
Pierre Olaf
Maurice Schutz
as The old man
Roger Blin
as Guillaume
Guy Decomble
as The obsessed killer
Marcelle Féry
Laure Paillette
as Small role
René Pascal
Edgar Allan Poe
Short Story
Jean Faurez
Screenplay
Adaptation
Georges Van Parys
Music
Louis Page
Director of Photography
Pierre Chevalier
Assistant Director
Director
Thomas De Quincey
Original Story
Roger Cosson
Sound
René Moulaert
Set Decoration
Henri Schmitt
Suzanne de Troeye
Editor
Fred Orain
Production Director