
Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
Cast

Jean Poiret
Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

Stéphane Audran
Madame Cuno

Michel Bouquet
Hubert Lavoisier

Lucas Belvaux
Louis Cuno

Jean Topart
Docteur Philippe Morasseau

Pauline Lafont
Henriette

Caroline Cellier
Anna Foscarie

Josephine Chaplin
Delphine Moreasseau

Andrée Tainsy
Marthe

Jean-Claude Bouillaud
Gérard Filiol

Jacques Frantz
Alexandre Duteil

Dominique Zardi
Henri Rieutord, Chef de Poste

Henri Attal
L'Employé de la Morgue

Albert Dray
André, le Barman
Marcel Guy
Le Maître d'Hôtel

Jean-Marie Arnoux
Le Client du Café
Crew

Claude Chabrol
Director, Writer
Dominique Roulet
Writer, Novel

Monique Fardoulis
Editor
Angela Braga-Mermet
Assistant Editor
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Aurore Chabrol
Assistant Director, Script Supervisor

Pierre-François Dumeniaud
Assistant Director
Michel Dupuy
Assistant Director

Marin Karmitz
Producer
Françoise Benoît-Fresco
Production Design
Michel Thiriet
Camera Operator
Jean-Marc Rabier
Assistant Camera
Magali Fustier-Dray
Costume Design
Catherine Bouteille
Costumer
Giselle Hadjadj
Hairstylist
Alice Schwartz
Hairstylist
Jacques Clemente
Makeup Artist
Brigitte Delouis
Makeup Artist
Jean-Pierre Duret
Sound Assistant
Jean-Bernard Thomasson
Sound Engineer
Matthieu Chabrol
Original Music Composer
Micheline Pelletier
Still Photographer
Maurice Estival
Electrician
Jean Fleury
Electrician
Claude Rouxel
Electrician
Pierre Galliard
Property Master
Elizabeth Desouches
Assistant Production Design
Jean-Baptiste Dutreix
Key Grip
Dominique Robert
Grip
Catherine Lapoujade
Production Manager
Bernard Morel
Unit Manager
Michel Ganot
Conductor

Eva Simonet
Publicist
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais
Administration
Marguerite Lemarchand
Production Secretary



















