"Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow."
Jean Poiret
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Claude Alvarez
Bernadette Lafont
as Hélène Mons
Jean-Luc Bideau
as Max Charnet
Jacques Dacqmine
as Raoul Mons
Hermine Clair
as Véronique Manguin
Pierre-François Dumeniaud
as Marcel Vigouroux
Florent Gibassier
as Francis
Guy Louret
as Buci
Jean Depussé
as Volga
Marc Adam
as Adam
Michel Dupuy
as Frogman
Serge Feuillet
as Priest
Michel Fontayne
as Bouncer
Philippe Froger
as Stage Manager
Chantal Grebbet
as Eve
Claire Ifrane
as Tobacconist
Hervé Lelardoux
as 1st Man
Lisa Livane
as Woman
Robert Mazet
as Léon
Guy Parigot
as 2nd Man
Maurice Regnaut
as Pierre Manguin
Odette Simoneau
as Denise
Marin Karmitz
Producer
Monique Fardoulis
Editor
Claude Chabrol
Director
Matthieu Chabrol
Original Music Composer
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Dominique Morlotti
Set Costumer
Christian Lambert
Unit Manager
Dominique Roulet
Writer
Maurice Estival
Electrician
Olivier Rossignol
Assistant Editor
Pierre Galliard
Property Master
Maurice Gilbert
Sound Mixer
Eva Simonet
Publicist
Dominique Beaucamps
Assistant Decorator
André Naudin
Foley Artist
Marguerite Lemarchand
Production Secretary
Alain Wermus
Assistant Director
Jean-Jacques Ferran
Sound Assistant
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais
Administration
Bernard Morel
Christophe Reichert
Assistant Director Trainee
Aurore Chabrol
Michel Thiriet
Camera Operator
Michel Ganot
Conductor
Olivier Ide
Second Assistant Camera
Jean-Bernard Thomasson
Sound
Yann Vanouy
Hairstylist
Jean Fleury
Angela Braga-Mermet
Josée de Luca
Key Makeup Artist
Jean-Baptiste Dutreix
Key Grip
Micheline Pelletier
Still Photographer
Claude Rouxel
Gaffer
Tina Morel
Costumer
Jean-Marc Rabier
First Assistant Camera
Dominique Robert
Grip
Gadou Naudin
Script Supervisor
Magali Fustier-Dray
Costume Design
Françoise Benoît-Fresco
Production Design
Catherine Lapoujade
Production Manager