In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually her boyfriend is charged with the crime and, in a strange twist of fate, the killer finds himself serving on the jury.
Cast
Bernard Blier
Grégoire Duval, pharmacist
Maurice Biraud
Doctor Hess, veterinarian
Francis Blanche
Attorney General
Danièle Delorme
Geneviève Duval, Grégoire's wife
Jacques Riberolles
Sylvain Sautral, photographer and accused
Yves Barsacq
Maître Adreux, defense lawyer
Henri Crémieux
Medical examiner
Robert Dalban
Garampon, fisherman on his boat
Anne Doat
Alice Moreux, Sylvain's mistress
Madeleine Geoffroy
Mrs. Sevestrain, witness at the hearing
Françoise Giret
Catherine Nortier, the victim
Camille Guérini
President of the tribunal
Charles Lavialle
Tax collector
Paloma Matta
Daughter of Gregory and Genevieve
Raymond Meunier
Henri Souchon, boss of the brewery
Catherine Le Couey
Mrs. Souchon, boss of the brasserie
Jacques Monod
Investigating judge
Jean-Pierre Moutier
Albert Testut, witness at the hearing
Albert Rémy
Police commissioner
René Tramoni
Laurent Duval, son of Grégoire and Geneviève
Jean Sylvère
Philibert, pharmacy employee
Barbara Brand
Cabaret dancer
Crew
Robert Bouladoux
Head Decorator
Georges Lautner
Director
Jacques Robert
Writer, Adaptation
Françoise Hellman
Script
Francis Didelot
Novel
Michelle David
Editor
Gina Pignier
Assistant Editor
Maurice Fellous
Director of Photography
Bertrand Blier
Assistant Director
Claude Vital
Assistant Director
Renaud de Dancourt
Assistant Director
Lucien Viard
Producer
Bernard Lapeyre
Production Assistant
Georges Pastier
Camera Operator
Yves Rodallec
Assistant Camera
Arlette Massay
Assistant Camera
Reine Thomas
Makeup Department Head
Antoine Archimbaud
Sound Engineer
Raphaël Delouvrier
Assistant Sound Engineer
Jean Yatove
Original Music Composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Music
Pierre Laroche
Dialogue
Fernand Chauviret
Props
Pierre Barbet
Props
Robert Joffres
Still Photographer
Elise Servet-Larocque
Dresser
Paul Joly
Production Manager
Marcel Bligny
Administration
Yvonne Eblagon
Production Secretary
