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Status
Released
Release
1953
Runtime
1h 35m
While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier recalls two of his most celebrated cases. The first involves duplicitous moneylender Olga. The second concerns the brutal broad daylight murder of innocent young Yvonne.
34 Cast Members
Bernard Blier
Commissioner François Basquier
Suzy Prim
Mrs. Olga, pawnbroker
Andrée Clément
Arlette Génod
Yves Robert
Inspector Paulhan
René Blancard
Doctor Corbier
Guy Decomble
Emile Kortenwirth
Véronique Deschamps
Yvonne Chouquet, Courvoisier's employee
Arthur Devère
Mr. Forgeat
Paul Frankeur
Mr. Mallet
Julien Verdier
Mr. Guy Couvoisier, jeweler
Laurence Badie
Georgette, maid
Madeleine Barbulée
Mrs. Durbain, concierge
Daniel Cauchy
Pierrot
Dominique Davray
Mrs. Fernande, seamstress
Christian Fourcade
Little Jacky
René Havard
Inspector
Albert Michel
Prison controller
France Roche
Alice Tissot
Michel Salina
Paul Villé
Marcel, François' brother-in-law
