Victor Le Garrec, a former boxer, runs a gym in Paris while dreaming of finding an aspiring champion who will reach the goals he was never able to achieve.
Cast
Jean Gabin
Victor Le Garrec
Arletty
Blanche Le Garrec
Roland Lesaffre
André 'Dédé' Ménard
Marie Daëms
Corinne
Maria Pia Casilio
Maria Posi
Ave Ninchi
Angela Posi
Simone Paris
Chantal
Marcelle Praince
Mondaine Lady
Mathilde Casadesus
Passenger
Maurice Sarfati
Jojo
Lucien Raimbourg
Hospital Orderly
Sébastien Ferrer
Boxer
Jacques Legendre
Boxer
Reimund Streicher
Boxer
Roger Michelot
Coach
Jean Parédès
Jean-Marc
Folco Lulli
Angelo Posi
Jean Bellanger
Passenger (uncredited)
Georges Bever
Worker (uncredited)
Henri Coutet
Strong Man (uncredited)
Gil Delamare
André's Friend (uncredited)
Simone Duhart
Landlady (uncredited)
Jimmy Perrys
Strong Man (uncredited)
Jean-François Poron
Spectator (uncredited)
Eugène Stuber
Spectator (uncredited)
Crew
Marcel Carné
Director, Screenplay
Jacques Sigurd
Screenplay, Dialogue
Jacques Viot
Novel
Henri Rust
Editor
Monique Bonnot
Assistant Editor
Madeleine Bagiau
Assistant Editor
Roger Hubert
Director of Photography
Lou Bonin
Assistant Director
Pierre Blondy
Assistant Director
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Assistant Director
Robert Dorfmann
Producer
Paul Bertrand
Production Design
Adolphe Charlet
Camera Operator
Balenciaga
Costume Designer
Jean Paul Ulysse
Makeup Artist
Boris Karabanoff
Makeup Artist
Antoine Archimbaud
Sound Engineer
Nicolas Wilcke
Special Effects Coordinator
Maurice Thiriet
Original Music Composer
Yves Montand
Songs
Roger Volper
Set Decoration
Walter Limot
Still Photographer
Christiane Nat
Script Supervisor
André Dumaître
Additional Photography
Léon Carré
Production Director
Bob Castella
Main Title Theme Composer
Francis Lemarque
Main Title Theme Composer
André Hoss
Production Manager
Pierre Bochart
Administration
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