"Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads something different into the presented facts."
Michel Auclair
as Serge Cremer
Antoine Balpêtré
as President of the tribunal
Raymond Bussières
as Félix Noblet, 5th juror
Jacques Castelot
as Gilbert de Montesson, first juror
Jean Debucourt
as Michel Caudron, 7th juror
Noël Roquevert
as Théodore Andrieux, retired commander, juror
Valentine Tessier
as Marceline Micoulin, antique dealer, juror
Claude Nollier
as Elsa Lundenstein, pharmaceutical director, the accused
Annette Poivre
as Lulu, Felix's fiancée
Dita Parlo
as Elisabeth
Marcel Pérès
as Évariste Malingué, farmer, second juror
Jean-Pierre Grenier
as Jean-Luc Flavier, 3rd juror
Jean d'Yd
as Superior of the religious school
Agnès Delahaie
as Nicole Vaudrémont aka 'Yvonne'
Cécile Didier
as Miss Popélier, hotelier
Juliette Faber
as Danièle Andrieux
Anouk Ferjac
as Denise Jouvillon
Marguerite Garcya
as Amélie Andrieux
Nane Germon
as Marie Malingré
Madeleine Gérôme
as Madame Michaud, boss of Roy Solei
Marie-Louise Godard
as Madame de Montesson
Elisabeth Hardy
as Béatrice Flavier
Marcelle Hainia
as Angèle Popélier, other hotelier
Françoise Hornez
as Monique Andrieux
Nina Myral
as Béatrice’s mother
Colette Régis
as Hortense, Lucie's mother
Madeleine Suffel
as Vaudrémonts' maid
Léonce Corne
as Bailiff of the court
Émile Drain
as Professor Dutoit
Paul Faivre
as Monsieur Michaud, boss of the Roi Soleil
Gustave Gallet
as Gaston, Lucie's father
Marcel Mouloudji
as Amadeo, Malingré farmhand
Claude Nicot
as Roland
Jean Vilar
as Priest at the printing press
Georges Demas
as Dancer at the evening
Robert Hennery
as
Jimmy Perrys
as Gendarme escorting the accused
Sylvain
as Customer at the Le Roi Soleil bar
Nicolas Amato
as Juror rejected (uncredited)
Henri Coutet
as Albert Blavette, substitute juror (uncredited)
Paul Frankeur
as Monsieur Jouvillon (uncredited)
Pierre Fresnay
as Narrator (uncredited)
Renée Gardès
as (uncredited)
Émile Genevois
as Server of the Roi Soleil (uncredited)
Fernand Gilbert
as Eloi Pichot, substitute juror (uncredited)
Lucien Guervil
Camille Guérini
as Furniture salesman (uncredited)
Benoîte Labb
Marcel Lestan
Albert Malbert
Dominique Marcas
Maurice Marceau
Frédéric Mariotti
as Édouard Pichon, first substitute juror (uncredited)
Albert Michel
as Gendarme carrying the summons (uncredited)
Robert Moor
as Professor Georges Limousin (uncredited)
Geneviève Morel
as Hortense, Flavier's maid (uncredited)
Jean Morel
Pierre Morin
as Defense attorney (uncredited)
André Numès
as Police secretary (uncredited)
Maryse Paillet
as Juliette Sedan, juror rejected (uncredited)
Lucien Pascal
as Prosecution lawyer (uncredited)
René Pascal
Alain Raffael
Jean-Claude Rameau
Robert Rollis
as Hotel boy (uncredited)
Marcel Rouzé
as Gendarme on duty (uncredited)
Maurice Schutz
as Old man who comforts the little girl (uncredited)
Roger Vincent
as Albert Lavette, second substitute juror (uncredited)
André Cayatte
Director
Raymond Legrand
Music
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Christian Gaudin
Editor
Albert Volper
Set Decoration
Robert Dorfmann
Producer
Screenplay
Jacques Colombier
Production Design
Charles Spaak