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

Bernard Ristroph

Tony Rödel

Construction site manager

André Rouyer

A neighbour

Bob Sissa

Mario

Jean Cherlian

'Le gros' (uncredited)

Rita Maiden

Secretary (uncredited)

Marcel Pérès

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