Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about her demise. For a while he is content with his new freedom, but then he recognizes that a friend is in a similar situation.
Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Fred Malone
Mireille Darc
Charlotte
Bernadette Lafont
Louise Delouette
Lea Massari
Gloria
Claude Piéplu
Piette Tournier
Claudia Marsani
Virginia
Bernard Fresson
Delouette
Jean Abeillé
Unknown
Jean-Claude Andruet
Unknown
Anémone
Secretary
Albert Augier
Unknown
Michel Blanc
Choukroun
Michel Delahaye
Member of the board of directors
Steve Gadler
Unknown
Jean-Yves Gautier
Unknown
Evelyne Istria
Unknown
Jacques Lalande
Unknown
Daniel Maurin
Unknown
Claude Miller
Member of the board of directors
Verónica Orueta
Unknown
Charles Pozzi
Unknown
Jean-Marie Robain
Unknown
Riccardo Salvino
Robert
Bernard Sury
Unknown
Jean-Luc Tardieu
Unknown
Béatrice Costantini
First secretary (uncredited)
Crew
Gérard Pirès
Director, Screenplay
Jean-Patrick Manchette
Screenplay
Walter Kempley
Novel
Jacques Witta
Editor
Michael Seresin
Director of Photography
Ralph Baum
Executive Producer
Jean Bolvary
Producer
Roland Girard
Producer
Raymond Danon
Producer
Jean-Baptiste Poirot
Production Design
Christian Aujard
Costume Design
Claudine Cronier-Monin
Key Hair Stylist
Alex Archambault
Makeup Department Head
Joël Lavau
Makeup Artist
Claude Bolling
Original Music Composer
