Jean Gabin

Julien Lamy

Anne Doat

Sylvette

Serge Lecointe

Francis Lanoux

Jimmy Urbain

Alain Robert

Robert Dalban

Joseph

Jean-Jacques Delbo

Belote player

Dora Doll

Mrs. Lecarnoy

Jane Marken

Children's delegate

Claire Olivier

Mrs. Noël, judge's secretary

Renée Passeur

Francis' grandmother

Raphaël Patorni

Substitute

Jean d'Yd

Francis' grandfather

Jacques Moulières

Gérard Lecarnoy

Georges Aminel

Lawyer

Josette Arno

Young prostitute

Louis Bugette

Inspector

Véronique Deschamps

Social worker

Gérard Fallec

Kid

Raymond Faure

Jean Hébey

'La Cravate'

Guy Henry

Inspector

Jean-Jacques Lécot

Albert Michel

Neighboring farmer asking for the ladder

Germaine Michel

Mailwoman

Robert Party

Jimmy Perrys

Gabriele Tinti

Marcel, supervisor

Georges Bever

Client (uncredited)

Charles Bouillaud

Police officer (uncredited)

Germaine de France

Assistant (uncredited)

Hélène Tossy

(uncredited)