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The Deputy, a doctor

Yves Montand

Hélène, wife of the Deputy

Irene Papas

Examining Magistrate

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Photojournalist

Jacques Perrin

Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

Charles Denner

Public Prosecutor

François Périer

Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

Bernard Fresson

Gendarmerie General Missou

Pierre Dux

Nick

Georges Géret

Nick's Sister

Magali Noël

Vago

Marcel Bozzuffi

Gendarmerie Colonel

Julien Guiomar

Yago

Renato Salvatori

Deputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy

Jean Bouise

Shoula

Clotilde Joano

Heroic Bricklayer

Maurice Baquet

Deputy Public Prosecutor

Habib Reda

General's Chauffeur

Hassan El-Hassani

Barone, activist of the CROC

Gérard Darrieu

Pierre, a lawyer

Jean-Pierre Miquel

Gendarmerie Officer

Sid Ahmed Agoumi

Illya Coste, chauffeur

Jean Dasté

Hospital Director

Van Doude

Jimmy, the boxer

Jean-François Gobbi

Dumas aka The Russian

Guy Mairesse

Nick's Mother

Andrée Tainsy

Niki, the Prosecutor's Daughter

Eva Simonet

(voice)

François Chaumette

Allel El Mouhib

Editor-in-chief of the newspaper (uncredited)

José Artur

English Surgeon (uncredited)

Raoul Coutard

English Photographer (uncredited)

Steve Gadler

Bozzini, secretary of the investigating judge (uncredited)

Gabriel Jabbour

Attorney General (uncredited)

Georges Rouquier