A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
Cast
Philippe Noiret
Lucien Cordier
Isabelle Huppert
Rose Mercaillou
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother
Stéphane Audran
Huguette Cordier
Eddy Mitchell
Nono
Guy Marchand
Marcel Chavasson
Michel Beaune
Vanderbrouck
Jean Champion
Le curé
Victor Garrivier
Marcaillou
Gérard Hernandez
Leonelli
Daniel Langlet
Paulo
Irène Skobline
Anne, l'institutrice
Abdoulaye Diop
Fête Nat
François Perrot
Colonel Tramichel
Samba Mané
Vendredi
Raymond Hermantier
L'aveugle
Mamadou Dioumé
L'interprète au cinéma
Irénée Martin
La femme au cimetière
Max Ernst
Le soldat mexicain (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")
Paul Grimault
Le condamné à mort (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")
Crew
Bertrand Tavernier
Director, Writer
Jean Aurenche
Writer
Jim Thompson
Novel
Armand Psenny
Editor
Sophie Cornu
Assistant Editor
Pierre-William Glenn
Director of Photography
Frédéric Bourboulon
Assistant Director
Jean Achache
Assistant Director
Daniel Deleforges
Assistant Director
Roland Fruytier
Assistant Director
Makhete Diallo
Assistant Director
Henri Lassa
Producer
Adolphe Viezzi
Producer
Alexandre Trauner
Production Design
Michael Coulter
First Assistant Camera
Alain Choquart
Second Assistant Camera
Irénée Martin
Assistant Costume Designer
Yvette Bonnay
Assistant Costume Designer
Jacqueline Moreau
Costume Design
Karl Lagerfeld
Costumer
Ludovic Paris
Hairstylist
Paul Le Marinel
Key Makeup Artist
Luce Grunenwaldt
Sound Editor
Catherine d'Hoir
Assistant Sound Editor
Maurice Gilbert
Sound Mixer
Claude Villand
Sound Mixer
Michel Desrois
Sound
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Hubert de Varine
Set Decoration
Franckie Diago
Set Decoration
Pierre Fontaine
Set Dresser
René Albouze
Props
