
Michel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss Charles Vanel. The inspector knows full well that Vanel is too crafty and well-connected to ever stand trial for his crime, so he carefully lays a subtle trap for his adversary. Unfortunately, both Piccoli and Vanel are thwarted by a pair of scheming females.

as Léonce Pozzi, dit "Le Fondu"

as Cri Cri

as Lucie Barot

as L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.

as L'inspecteur Gilbert Barot

as Jeannot Donati

as Le commissaire René Brévet

as L'inspecteur Albert Taillis

as Le gendarme à l'hôpital

as Emile

as Le fou

as Dédé

as Auguste

as La Marie, une prostituée

as Un ami du Fondu

as Lucienne, dite "Loulou"

as Un partenaire à la belote

as Fernand, un épicier

as La joueuse

as L'infirmière

as La Gambille

as La patronne du café

as L'habilleuse

as Pauline Robert

as L'inspecteur Pandraz

as L'inspecteur Falzer, de la P.J.

as L'inspecteur Renaud

as L'inspecteur Muffieux, de la P.J.

as Dufour

as L'inspecteur Didier, de la P.J.

as L'inspecteur Lebouvier, de la P.J.

as Le chauffeur

as Truffaut (uncredited)