Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Silien
Serge Reggiani
Maurice Faugel
Jean Desailly
Superintendant Clain
René Lefèvre
Gilbert Varnove
Marcel Cuvelier
Police inspector
Philippe March
Jean
Fabienne Dali
Fabienne
Monique Hennessy
Thérèse
Carl Studer
Kern
Christian Lude
Doctor
Jacques De Leon
Armand
Jacques Léonard
Police inspector
Philippe Nahon
Remy
Charles Bayard
Old Man
Paulette Breil
Anita
Michel Piccoli
Nuttheccio
Charles Bouillaud
Barman
Daniel Crohem
Inspector Salignari
Andrès
Butler (uncredited)
Robert Blome
Barman (uncredited)
Volker Schlöndorff
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Georges Sellier
Barman (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
Nuttecchio's Man (uncredited)
Crew
Jean-Pierre Melville
Director, Screenplay
Pierre Lesou
Novel
Monique Bonnot
Editor
Michèle Boëhm
Assistant Editor
Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography
Volker Schlöndorff
First Assistant Director
Charles L. Bitsch
Assistant Director
Georges de Beauregard
Producer, Production Manager
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Paul Mayersberg
Production Runner
Daniel Guéret
Production Design, Art Direction
Henri Tiquet
Camera Operator
André du Breuil
Assistant Camera
Étienne Rosenfeld
Assistant Camera
Jean Gaudelet
Sound Assistant
Victor Revelli
Sound Assistant
Julien Coutelier
Sound
Paul Misraki
Original Music Composer
Pierre Charron
Set Decoration
Raymond Voinquel
Still Photographer
Élisabeth Rappeneau
Script Supervisor
Donald Cardwell
Assistant Production Design
Roger Robert
Key Grip
Roger Scipion
Unit Manager
Jean Pieuchot
Unit Manager
Jacques Météhen
Conductor
Bertrand Tavernier
Publicist
