"Antoine Rossi, a recidivist prisoner of war in Germany, manages to escape with the cowardly Fendard. Fendard does everything in his power to help him even though he is wounded, but Antoine tries to get rid of him as he boards the train to freedom."
Étienne Bierry
as Schmidt, le chef de barraque des culottes rouges
Teddy Bilis
as Le curé
Jacques Balutin
as Un chanteur de la troupe
Antoine Bourseiller
as Le metteur en scène
Rudy Lenoir
as Le caporal Allemand (qui compte les Corses)
Marcel Gassouk
as Un prisonnier
Laurent Terzieff
as Antoine Rossi, le "culotte rouge"
Bourvil
as Fendard
Michel Puterflam
as L'homme de la troupe jouant Phidias
Robert Piquet
as Étienne, un chanteur de la troupe
Germain Muller
as Le commandant SS du stalag présent aux répétitions
Étienne Lorin
as Self - Étienne Lorin et son orchestre, les musciens de la troupe
Harry-Max
as Kermadec, le médecin militaire Breton (uncredited)
Robert Rollis
as P'tit Louis, un prisonnier (uncredited)
Paul Mercey
as Le prisonnier aux cuisines (uncredited)
Fulbert Janin
as Un homme de la troupe (uncredited)
Francis Lax
Jean Martin
Guy Piérauld
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
as Un musicien de l'orchestre (uncredited)
as Un prisonnier (uncredited)
Henri Poirier
Jean Rupert
as Gustave, Le prisonnier rentrant les foins (uncredited)
Jean Mauvais
as Le prisonnier changeant l'heure de sa montre (uncredited)
Marcel Mérovée
as Le prisonnier mangeant avec Fendard (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Zola
as Le délégué civil (uncredited))
Odette Piquet
as L'Allemande avec Hans (uncredited)
Gérard Hoffmann
as Le docteur corse (uncredited)
Derham O'Neill
as Un gardien allemand (uncredited)
François Valorbe
as L'officier Allemand au spectacle de la troupe (uncredited)
Jacques Plée
as Le prisonnier expulsé de sa couchette par Antoine (uncredited)
Willy Braque
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Alex Joffé
Director
Screenplay
Yves Rodallec
First Assistant Camera
Éric Pluet
Editorial Manager
Jean Penzer
Director of Photography
Georges Lévy
Production Design
Assistant Camera
Liliane de Kermadec
Still Photographer
Robert Dorfmann
Producer
Jean Marion
Original Music Composer
Francis Girool
Assistant Director
Story
Set Decoration
Editor
Billy Vilerbue
Camera Operator
Marcel Ugols
Hadassa Misrahi
Assistant Editor
Pierre Lévy-Corti
Denise Morlot
Script Supervisor
Jean Pieuchot
General Manager
Claude Clément