
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
Cast

René Lefèvre
Monsieur Lange

Florelle
Valentine

Jules Berry
Batala

Marcel Lévesque
Concierge

Odette Talazac
Concierge's Wife

Nadia Sibirskaïa
Estelle

Henri Guisol
Son Meunier

Maurice Baquet
Charles, concierges' son

Jacques Brunius
Mr. Baigneur
Sylvain Itkine
Inspector Itkine / Batala's Cousin

Marcel Duhamel
Foreman

Sylvia Bataille
Edith

Jean Dasté
Model Maker
Henri Saint-Isle
Unknown

Pierre Huchet
Unknown

René Génin
Client at the Auberge
Max Morise
Unknown
Charbonnier
Typesetter

Edmond Beauchamp
Priest in the Train (uncredited)
Jean Bremaud
Typesetter (uncredited)

Guy Decomble
Typesetter (uncredited)

Paul Demange
Creditor (uncredited)

Yves Deniaud
(uncredited)

Claire Gérard
Prostitute (uncredited)

Paul Grimault
Typesetter (uncredited)
Michel Kovachevitch
(uncredited)

Fabien Loris
Typesetter (uncredited)

Marcel Lupovici
(uncredited)
Crew

Jean Renoir
Director, Screenplay
Jacques Prévert
Adaptation, Dialogue
Jean Castanier
Story
Marthe Huguet
Editor

Marguerite Renoir
Editor
Jean Bachelet
Director of Photography
André Halley des Fontaines
Producer
Joseph Mejinsky
Makeup Artist

Jean Wiener
Original Music Composer
Joseph Kosma
Original Music Composer

Roger Desormière
Conductor
Marcel Blondeau
Art Direction
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