"A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it."
Philippe Noiret
as Lucien Cordier
Isabelle Huppert
as Rose Mercaillou
Jean-Pierre Marielle
as Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother
Stéphane Audran
as Huguette Cordier
Eddy Mitchell
as Nono
Guy Marchand
as Marcel Chavasson
Michel Beaune
as Vanderbrouck
Jean Champion
as Le curé
Victor Garrivier
as Marcaillou
Gérard Hernandez
as Leonelli
Daniel Langlet
as Paulo
Irène Skobline
as Anne, l'institutrice
Abdoulaye Diop
as Fête Nat
François Perrot
as Colonel Tramichel
Samba Mané
as Vendredi
Raymond Hermantier
as L'aveugle
Mamadou Dioumé
as L'interprète au cinéma
Irénée Martin
as La femme au cimetière
Max Ernst
as Le soldat mexicain (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")
Paul Grimault
as Le condamné à mort (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")
Henri Lassa
Producer
Armand Psenny
Editor
Adolphe Viezzi
Bertrand Tavernier
Director
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Jim Thompson
Novel
Jean Aurenche
Writer
Pierre-William Glenn
Director of Photography
Alexandre Trauner
Production Design
Frédéric Bourboulon
Assistant Director
Jean Achache
Jacqueline Moreau
Costume Design
Hubert de Varine
Set Decoration
Ludovic Paris
Hairstylist
Franckie Diago
Paul Le Marinel
Key Makeup Artist
Michael Coulter
First Assistant Camera
Karl Lagerfeld
Costumer
René Albouze
Props
Catherine d'Hoir
Assistant Sound Editor
Michel Desrois
Sound
Daniel Deleforges
Pierre Fontaine
Set Dresser
Luce Grunenwaldt
Sound Editor
Alain Choquart
Second Assistant Camera
Assistant Costume Designer
Roland Fruytier
Yvette Bonnay
Maurice Gilbert
Sound Mixer
Claude Villand
Sophie Cornu
Assistant Editor
Makhete Diallo