In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...
as Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal
as Valérie Agostinelli
as Christiane Dubaye
as Commissioner Pernais
as Françoise
as Commissioner Moreau
as Fondari
as Philippe Dubaye
as Nicolas Tomski
as Maître Lucien Lacor
as Lansac
as Marcel
as Paul
as Serrano's secretary
as Kébir
as Dupaire
as Serrano
as The stolen gentleman
as Window cleaner
as Morgue employee
as Locker room girl
as Brumaire (uncredited)
as Tobacconist (uncredited)
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as Switchboard operator (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Etienne (uncredited)
as Henchman, Marcel's deputy (uncredited)
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