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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...Read moreLess
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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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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Alain DelonXavier 'Xav' Maréchal
Ornella MutiValérie Agostinelli
Stéphane AudranChristiane Dubaye
Jean BouiseCommissioner Pernais
Mireille DarcFrançoise
Michel AumontCommissioner Moreau
Julien GuiomarFondari
Maurice RonetPhilippe Dubaye
Klaus KinskiNicolas Tomski
Daniel CeccaldiMaître Lucien Lacor
François ChaumetteLansac
Xavier DeprazMarcelExplore the crew
- Director
- Georges Lautner
- Editor
- Michelle David
- Producer
- Alain Delon
- Director of Photography
- Henri Decaë
- Original Music Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Screenplay
- Georges Lautner