
After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent goes on the lam while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.
Cast

Fanny Ardant
Barbara Becker

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Julien Vercel

Philippe Laudenbach
Maître Clément

Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Massoulier's brother (The Priest)

Philippe Morier-Genoud
Supt. Santelli

Caroline Silhol
Marie-Christine Vercel

Xavier Saint-Macary
Bertrand Fabre

Jean-Louis Richard
Louison

Anik Belaubre
Paule Delbecq

Pascale Pellegrin
Secretarial Candidate

Nicole Félix
The Scarfaced Whore

Yann Dedet
Angel Face
Castel Casti
Unknown
Georges Koulouris
Lablache
Roland Thénot
Jambreau
Michel Aubossu
Unknown
Pauline Aubret
Unknown
Isabel Benet
Clement's Secretary

Dany Castaing
Unknown
Alain Gambin
Theater Director
Pierre Gare
Insp. Poivert
Michel Grisoni
Unknown
Marie-Noëlle Guilliot
Unknown

Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko
Rowdy Slav

Pierrette Monticelli
Unknown
Adrien Silvio
Unknown
Paul Steiger
Unknown
Christine Verbèke
Unknown
Jacques Vidal
The King

Martine Barraqué
Passerby (uncredited)
Josiane Couëdel
Clement's Secretary (uncredited)
Michel Grisolia
(uncredited)
Hilton McConnico
Prostitute's Client (uncredited)
Thi-Loan Nguyen
Chinese Woman (uncredited)

Eva Truffaut
Secretary (uncredited)
Crew

François Truffaut
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay, Producer, Dialogue

Suzanne Schiffman
Adaptation, Screenplay, Assistant Director, Dialogue
Jean Aurel
Adaptation, Screenplay, Dialogue
Charles Williams
Novel

Martine Barraqué
Editor
Colette Achouche
Assistant Editor
Marie-Aimée Debril
Assistant Editor

Néstor Almendros
Director of Photography
Pascal Deux
Assistant Director
Rosine Robiolle
Assistant Director
Jacques Vidal
Assistant Production Coordinator
Roland Thénot
Production Coordinator
Armand Barbault
Producer
Hilton McConnico
Production Design
Tessa Racine
Assistant Camera
Florent Bazin
First Assistant Camera
Christiane Marmande
Assistant Costume Designer
Michèle Cerf
Costume Design
Chantal Durpoix
Hairstylist
Thi-Loan Nguyen
Key Makeup Artist, Makeup Artist
Franckie Diago
Assistant Art Director
Jacques Gaillard
Assistant Art Director
Alain Gambin
Assistant Art Director
Jean-Michel Hugon
Assistant Art Director
Daniel Couteau
Sound Effects

Pierre Gamet
Sound
Jacques Maumont
Sound
Bernard Chaumeil
Boom Operator
Frédéric Moreau
Visual Effects

Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Alain Venisse
Still Photographer
Christine Pellé
Script Supervisor
Philippe Darmon
Electrician
Jean-Claude Gasché
Electrician
Patrick Gasché
Electrician
Patrick Lemaire
Electrician
Gérard Bougeant
Grip
Charlie Freess
Grip
Jean-Yves Freess
Grip
Marie-Christine Malbert
Unit Publicist
Jean-François Lentretien
Administration
Jacqueline Oblin
Administration
Josiane Couëdel
Production Secretary
Donatienne Desmarestz
Production Secretary
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