When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?
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Lino Ventura as Commissioner Verjeat
Patrick Dewaere as Inspector Lefèvre
Victor Lanoux as Pierre Lardatte
Julien Guiomar as General controller Ledoux
Pierre Tornade as Commissioner Pignol
Françoise Brion as Marthe Rigaux, boss of the brothel
Claude Rich as Judge Delmesse
Michel Peyrelon as Roger Portor, brother of Antoine
Claude Brosset as Antoine Portor, Lardatte's henchman
Gérard Hérold as Inspector Moitrié
Gérard Dessalles as Inspector Ransac
Jacques Rispal as Mr. Mercier, father of the young man killed
Patrick Feigelson as Louis
Jean-Yves Gautier as Letellier
Pierre Londiche as Jeanvier, informer with the dog
Jacques Serres as Inspector Martin
Christiane Tissot as Marie Portor
Ève Francis as Old lady
André Malfuson as Estève
Michel Beaune as Inspector Dupuy
Charles Dalin as Sergio
Christine Laurent as Christine
Henri Attal as Luigi
Dominique Zardi as Man injured in the leg
Lionel Vitrant as Gas station attendant
Sylvie Matton as Nurse
Eric Vasberg as Lopez
Éric Legrand as Jean Mercier
Valérie Mairesse as Girl with the cockade
Marie-Pierre de Gérando as Commander of the gendarmerie
Raoul Curet as President
Jean Turlier as Moissat
Guy Verda as
Henri Lambert as Norbert (uncredited)
Sylvain Lévignac as False injured (uncredited)
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