Plot
A tough but honest cop must clear his name after a corrupt colleague implicates him in a murder in this French thriller. Ferrot is a hard-as-nails police detective who is attracted to a beautiful woman named Sylvia. Sylvia, however, is having an affair with Ganay, who happens to be Ferrot's superior on the force; Ganay happens to be married to Therese, who is handicapped. Sylvia is found murdered, and Ferrot is assigned to investigate; Ferrot is convinced that Ganay killed Sylvia because she wanted to end their relationship, but to his dismay, Ferrot discovers that the killer has placed a number of false clues that point the blame toward Ferrot.
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Cast
Yves Montand
Inspecteur Marc Ferrot
François Périer
Commissaire Ganay
Simone Signoret
Thérèse Ganay
Stefania Sandrelli
Sylvia Leopardi
Vadim Glowna
L'inspecteur Abadie
Mathieu Carrière
L'inspecteur Ménard
Claude Bertrand
Le marchand de cochons
Gabrielle Doulcet
La vieille aux chats
Alice Reichen
La marchande de stylos
Tony Rödel
L'Alsacien
Georges-Fréderic Dehlen
Le contrôleur de la S.N.C.F
Serge Marquand
Le rouquin
Stéphane Macha
Roger Muni
Malvina Penne
Michel Ruhl
Franz Sauer
