Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...
Cast
Jean Gabin
Auguste Maroilleur
Danièle Ajoret
Louise, Auguste's second daughter
Michel Barbey
Maurice, Louise's husband
Christian Barbier
Léon, Mathilde’s husband
Pierre Dux
Investigating judge
Armando Francioli
Francis Grutti, a crook
Julien Guiomar
Police commissioner
Eléonore Hirt
Mathilde, daughter of Auguste
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Hans
Félix Marten
Marc Grutti, emissary of the crooks
Orlane Paquin
Véronique, daughter of Louise and Maurice
Marc Porel
Henri, son of Mathilde and Léon
André Weber
Bien-Phu, nephew of Auguste
Henri Attal
Louis, a crook
Astrid Frank
Hans's friend
Jacques Galland
Roger
Gabriel Gobin
Gendarmerie brigadier
Henri Poirier
Deputy police commissioner
Dominique Zardi
Tony, a crook
Paul Bonifas
Witness to car accident
Ermanno Casanova
Police inspector
Albert Delpy
Journalist
Yves Lefrançois
Unknown
Bernard Ristroph
Unknown
Tony Rödel
Construction site manager
André Rouyer
A neighbour
Bob Sissa
Mario
Jean Cherlian
'Le gros' (uncredited)
Rita Maiden
Secretary (uncredited)
Marcel Pérès
(uncredited)
Crew
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Director, Screenplay
Pascal Jardin
Screenplay
Georges Godefroy
Novel
Jean Ravel
Editor
Walter Wottitz
Director of Photography
Philippe Lefebvre
First Assistant Director
Paul Cadéac
Producer
Cyril Grize
Producer
Jacques Saulnier
Production Design
Jo Ranzatto
Costume Design
René Daudin
Key Makeup Artist
Yvonne Gasperina
Key Makeup Artist
Jean Rieul
Sound
Serge Gainsbourg
Original Music Composer
Robert Turlure
Set Decoration
Hélène Sébillotte
Script Supervisor
