Cast 40

Lucien Baroux

Commissioner Boucheron, district police officer

Jacques Baumer

Inspector Lambert of the Sûreté

Jules Berry

Alfredo d'Avila, dancer of these ladies

Gaby Morlay

Gaby Valrose, minister's lover

Elvira Popescu

Mrs. Rameau, wife of an industrialist and mistress of Alfredo

Michel Simon

Picking, knife-throwing artist

André Lefaur

Mr. Corbeau, kleptomaniac

Gaby Sylvia

Madeleine Martin, in love with André

Andrex

André Laurent, bank cashier, lover of Madeleine

Simone Berriau

Lydia, singer at “Perroquet”, mistress of the President

Erich von Stroheim

Eric, German naturalized French

Betty Stockfeld

English, Albert's companion, Eric's mistress

Jacques Dumesnil

Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player

Missia

Joséphine, chicken trainer, wife of Picking

Paul Faivre

Concierge of the two buildings

Aimé Clariond

Judge Bernier, President of the Court of Appeal

Raymond Segard

Robert Bernier, eldest son of the President

Marcel Orluc

Gérard Bernier, youngest son of the President

Marguerite Moreno

Owner of the "Perroquet" and the festivities upstairs

Gabrielle Dorziat

Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President

Jean Daurand

Telegraphist who discovered the corpse

Robert Ozanne

Brigadier

Julien Carette

Soldier, confined in the room of a “country”

Elmire Vautier

Marie, Lydia's dresser

Lina Darwils

Tenant

Claude Sainval

Gaby's gigolo

Raymone

Madame Mathieu's maid

Jean Joffre

Mr. Martin, blind, father of Madeleine

Lise Courbet

Paulette

Marcel Simon

Jules, government minister and Gaby's lover

Georges Bever

Taxi driver (uncredited)

Georges Malkine

Taxi driver (uncredited)

Rivers Cadet

Agent (uncredited)

Franck Maurice

Agent (uncredited)

Robert Moor

Agent (uncredited)

Jean Wiener

Pianist of the “Perroquet” (uncredited)

Yves Mirande

Bum on the bench (uncredited)

Roger Doucet

(uncredited)

Hélène Flouest

(uncredited)

Henri Nassiet

(uncredited)

Crew 23

Georges Lacombe

Directing

Yves Mirande

Directing

Yves Mirande

Writing

Yves Mirande

Writing

Georges Lacombe

Writing

Max Kolpé

Writing

Victor Arménise

Camera

Robert Juillard

Camera

Jacques Robin

Camera

Lucien Aguettand

Art

Lucien Aguettand

Art

André Gailhard

Sound

Jean Wiener

Sound

Jacques Henri-Robert

Directing

Marthe Poncin

Editing

Marie Le Bars

Editing

Lucien Pinoteau

Production

Robert Ivonnet

Sound

Madeleine Lefèvre

Crew

Louis Demasure

Art

Jean Joffre

Camera

Igor Keldich

Costume & Make-Up

Robert Vernay

Production