Plot
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...
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Cast
Alain Delon
Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal
Ornella Muti
Valérie Agostinelli
Stéphane Audran
Christiane Dubaye
Jean Bouise
Commissioner Pernais
Mireille Darc
Françoise
Michel Aumont
Commissioner Moreau
Julien Guiomar
Fondari
Maurice Ronet
Philippe Dubaye
Klaus Kinski
Nicolas Tomski
Daniel Ceccaldi
Maître Lucien Lacor
François Chaumette
Lansac
Xavier Depraz
Marcel
Henri Virlogeux
Paul
Colette Duval
Serrano's secretary
Abderrahmane El Kebir
Kébir
Gérard Hérold
Dupaire
Charles Moulin
Serrano
Roger Muni
The stolen gentleman
Claude Barichasse
Window cleaner
Émile Riandreys
Morgue employee
Carole Achache
Locker room girl
Jean Berger
Brumaire (uncredited)
Philippe Castelli
Tobacconist (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Denizon
(uncredited)
Arlette Emmery
Switchboard operator (uncredited)
Catherine Lachens
(uncredited)
Patrick Laplace
Etienne (uncredited)
Charles Millot
Henchman, Marcel's deputy (uncredited)
Jacques Pisias
(uncredited)
Michel Ruhl
(uncredited)
Yvan Tanguy
(uncredited)
