"Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly."
Jean Poiret
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
Stéphane Audran
as Madame Cuno
Michel Bouquet
as Hubert Lavoisier
Lucas Belvaux
as Louis Cuno
Jean Topart
as Docteur Philippe Morasseau
Pauline Lafont
as Henriette
Caroline Cellier
as Anna Foscarie
Josephine Chaplin
as Delphine Moreasseau
Andrée Tainsy
as Marthe
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
as Gérard Filiol
Jacques Frantz
as Alexandre Duteil
Dominique Zardi
as Henri Rieutord, Chef de Poste
Henri Attal
as L'Employé de la Morgue
Albert Dray
as André, le Barman
Marcel Guy
as Le Maître d'Hôtel
Jean-Marie Arnoux
as Le Client du Café
Claude Chabrol
Director
Dominique Roulet
Novel
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Matthieu Chabrol
Original Music Composer
Marin Karmitz
Producer
Monique Fardoulis
Editor
Writer
Jacques Clemente
Makeup Artist
Brigitte Delouis
Giselle Hadjadj
Hairstylist
Alice Schwartz
Bernard Morel
Unit Manager
Aurore Chabrol
Assistant Director
Pierre-François Dumeniaud
Michel Dupuy
Elizabeth Desouches
Assistant Production Design
Pierre Galliard
Property Master
Jean-Pierre Duret
Sound Assistant
Jean-Bernard Thomasson
Sound Engineer
Jean-Baptiste Dutreix
Key Grip
Maurice Estival
Electrician
Jean Fleury
Micheline Pelletier
Still Photographer
Jean-Marc Rabier
Assistant Camera
Dominique Robert
Grip
Claude Rouxel
Michel Thiriet
Camera Operator
Catherine Bouteille
Costumer
Angela Braga-Mermet
Assistant Editor
Michel Ganot
Conductor
Script Supervisor
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais
Administration
Marguerite Lemarchand
Production Secretary
Eva Simonet
Publicist
Françoise Benoît-Fresco
Production Design
Magali Fustier-Dray
Costume Design
Catherine Lapoujade
Production Manager
