A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
Cast
Lino Ventura
Gustave 'Gu' Minda
Paul Meurisse
Commissioner Blot
Christine Fabréga
Simone, aka 'Manouche'
Michel Constantin
Alban, Manouche's bodyguard
Raymond Pellegrin
Paul Ricci
Marcel Bozzuffi
Jo Ricci, Paul's brother
Pierre Zimmer
Orloff
Denis Manuel
Antoine Ripa
Pierre Grasset
Pascal
Paul Frankeur
Inspector Fardiano
Jean Négroni
Man
Jacques Léonard
Henri Tourneur
Raymond Loyer
Jacques Ribaldi, aka 'Le notaire'
Sylvain Lévignac
Louis Bartel
Louis Bugette
Théo
Albert Michel
Marcel 'le Stéphanois'
Jean-Claude Bercq
Inspector Godefroy
Albert Dagnant
Jeannot Franchi
Pierre Gualdi
The inspector who arrives first in the bar
Marcel Bernier
Inspector at the hospital
Crew
Jean-Pierre Melville
Director, Writer
José Giovanni
Writer
Monique Bonnot
Editor
Michèle Boëhm
Editor
Catherine Moulin
Assistant Editor
Ziva Postec
Assistant Editor
Marcel Combes
Director of Photography
Ole Michelsen
Second Assistant Director
Jean-François Adam
Assistant Director
Georges Pellegrin
Assistant Director
André Labay
Producer
Charles Lumbroso
Producer
Jean-Jacques Fabre
Production Design, Decorator
Jacques Nibert
Assistant Camera
Jean-Claude Boussard
Assistant Camera
Michel Tellin
Costume Design
Alex Pront
Sound Director
Bernard Gérard
Original Music Composer
Jean Dardeau
Set Propsman
Guy Maugin
Props
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor
Robert Porte
Manager of Operations
Marcel Correnson
Manager of Operations
