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...
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Alain Delon
Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal
Ornella Muti
Valérie Agostinelli
Stéphane Audran
Christiane Dubaye
Jean Bouise
Commissioner Pernais
Mireille Darc
Françoise
Michel Aumont
Commissioner Moreau
Julien Guiomar
Fondari
Maurice Ronet
Philippe Dubaye
Klaus Kinski
Nicolas Tomski
Daniel Ceccaldi
Maître Lucien Lacor
François Chaumette
Lansac
Xavier Depraz
Marcel
Henri Virlogeux
Paul
Colette Duval
Serrano's secretary
Abderrahmane El Kebir
Kébir
Georges Lautner
Director
Georges Lautner
Screenplay
Jean Laborde
Novel
Norbert Saada
Executive Producer
Alain Delon
Producer
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Michelle David
Editor
Marie-Françoise Perochon
Costume Design
Françoise De Leu
Production Design
Alain Gaudry
Production Design
