Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
as René Le Guen
as Gino Bollini
as Dr. Albert Dutoit
as Bauchet
as Philippe Arnaud
as Michel Le Guen
as Yvonne Le Guen (version française)
as L'avocat général
as L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants
as Albert Pichon
as Le colonel instructeur
as L'avocat de Bauchet
as Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique
as La chiffonnière
as Un inspecteur
as La femme de Charles
as L'épouse de Bauchet
as Francine Saulnier
as Biribi
as Agnès
as Léon
as La mère Le Guen
as Noblet
as Docteur Detouche (version française)
as La mère de la petite fille
as Saulnier
as La femme suédoise
as Le procureur
as Le détenu-coiffeur
as Rachel
as Un gardien
as L'amie de Dutoit
as Charles
as Le directeur de la Santé
as Docteur Detouche (version italienne)
as Madame Arnaud
as Malingré
as Le père Simon
as Le gendarme
as Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)
as L'abbé Roussard
as La mère d'Agnès
as Laetitia Bollini
as Le pianiste
as Fredo
as P'tit Louis
as Maître Mousset
as Mr. Arnaud
as Un garde (uncredited)
as Un taulard (uncredited)
as Un taulard (uncredited)
as Le chauffeur (uncredited)
as Un monsieur (uncredited)
as L'agent (uncredited)
