

07/12/1977
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...

Alain Delon
as Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal

Ornella Muti
as Valérie Agostinelli

Stéphane Audran
as Christiane Dubaye

Jean Bouise
as Commissioner Pernais

Mireille Darc
as Françoise

Michel Aumont
as Commissioner Moreau

Julien Guiomar
as Fondari

Maurice Ronet
as Philippe Dubaye

Klaus Kinski
as Nicolas Tomski

Daniel Ceccaldi
as Maître Lucien Lacor

François Chaumette
as Lansac

Xavier Depraz
as Marcel

Henri Virlogeux
as Paul

Colette Duval
as Serrano's secretary

Abderrahmane El Kebir
as Kébir

Gérard Hérold
as Dupaire

Charles Moulin
as Serrano

Roger Muni
as The stolen gentleman

Claude Barichasse
as Window cleaner

Émile Riandreys
as Morgue employee

Carole Achache
as Locker room girl

Jean Berger
as Brumaire (uncredited)

Philippe Castelli
as Tobacconist (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Denizon
as (uncredited)

Arlette Emmery
as Switchboard operator (uncredited)

Catherine Lachens
as (uncredited)

Patrick Laplace
as Etienne (uncredited)

Charles Millot
as Henchman, Marcel's deputy (uncredited)

Jacques Pisias
as (uncredited)

Michel Ruhl
as (uncredited)

Yvan Tanguy
as (uncredited)
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