"Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly."
Jean Poiret
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
Stéphane Audran
as Madame Cuno
Michel Bouquet
as Hubert Lavoisier
Lucas Belvaux
as Louis Cuno
Jean Topart
as Docteur Philippe Morasseau
Pauline Lafont
as Henriette
Caroline Cellier
as Anna Foscarie
Josephine Chaplin
as Delphine Moreasseau
Andrée Tainsy
as Marthe
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
as Gérard Filiol
Jacques Frantz
as Alexandre Duteil
Dominique Zardi
as Henri Rieutord, Chef de Poste
Henri Attal
as L'Employé de la Morgue
Albert Dray
as André, le Barman
Marcel Guy
as Le Maître d'Hôtel
Jean-Marie Arnoux
as Le Client du Café
Dominique Roulet
Novel
Monique Fardoulis
Editor
Matthieu Chabrol
Original Music Composer
Claude Chabrol
Director
Marin Karmitz
Producer
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Writer
Michel Ganot
Conductor
Dominique Robert
Grip
Marguerite Lemarchand
Production Secretary
Pierre Galliard
Property Master
Aurore Chabrol
Script Supervisor
Brigitte Delouis
Makeup Artist
Eva Simonet
Publicist
Jacques Clemente
Jean-Baptiste Dutreix
Key Grip
Claude Rouxel
Electrician
Michel Thiriet
Camera Operator
Pierre-François Dumeniaud
Assistant Director
Elizabeth Desouches
Assistant Production Design
Michel Dupuy
Jean-Bernard Thomasson
Sound Engineer
Jean Fleury
Giselle Hadjadj
Hairstylist
Alice Schwartz
Angela Braga-Mermet
Assistant Editor
Jean-Pierre Duret
Sound Assistant
Maurice Estival
Bernard Morel
Unit Manager
Micheline Pelletier
Still Photographer
Jean-Marc Rabier
Assistant Camera
Catherine Bouteille
Costumer
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais
Administration
Magali Fustier-Dray
Costume Design
Françoise Benoît-Fresco
Production Design
Catherine Lapoujade
Production Manager
