Claude Bernard-Aubert (Director) · Daniel Boulanger (Screenplay) · Louis-Émile Galey (Writer)
Jean Gabin
Gaston Dominici
Victor Lanoux
Gustave Dominici
Max Amyl
Lawyer Emile Pollack
Paul Crauchet
Commissioner Sébeille
Gérard Depardieu
Zézé Perrin
Henri Vilbert
President of the Correctional
Gérard Darrieu
Clovis Dominici
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
First journalist
Jeanne Allard
Augusta Callat
Michel Bertay
Périez, investigating judge
Geneviève Fontanel
Yvette Dominici
Jacques Richard
Deputy Commissioner
Michel Robin
Perrin
Daniel Ivernel
President of the Assizes of Digne
Colin Drake
Sir Jack Drummond
Jane Martel
Lady Ann Drummond
Nicole Giroux
Elizabeth Drummond
Alberto Farnese
Italian journalist
Pierre Forget
Yvette's father
Annick Fougery
Germaine Perrin
Rafael Hernández
Lopez
Evi Maltagliati
Marie Dominici
Jean-Claude Massoulier
Second journalist
Jean-Paul Moulinot
Medical examiner
Jacques Rispal
Paul Maillet
Jack Bérard
Gendarmerie captain (uncredited)
Fernand Berset
Man who congratulates the commissioner (uncredited)
Marie-Pierre Casey
Woman who congratulates the commissioner (uncredited)
Raoul Curet
Mayor (uncredited)
Hubert de Lapparent
Veteran of the Resistance (uncredited)
Jacques Debary
Divisional Commissioner (uncredited)
Christiane Delorme
Lawyer (uncredited)
Gabrielle Doulcet
Old lady (uncredited)
Marcel Gassouk
Member of the Dominici family (uncredited)
Jean-Yves Gautier
Orderly (uncredited)
Marco Perrin
Cooker (uncredited)
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In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced by his sons. Under police interrogation, Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged, tried and sentenced to death. But then the case begins to collapse. The old man retracts his confession and the lack of evidence against him becomes apparent…
