Alain Delon as Judge Pierre Larcher

Simone Signoret as Rose Cateux

Bernard Le Coq as Paul Cateux

Miou-Miou as Monique Cateux

Paul Crauchet as Pierre Cateux

Catherine Allégret as Françoise Cateux

Christian Barbier as Captain of gendarmerie

Jean Bouise as Journalist

Pierre Rousseau as Louis Cateux

Fernand Ledoux as Dean of Judges

Renato Salvatori as Hotelier

Armand Abplanalp as Police officer

Gérard Chevalier as Émile

Béatrice Costantini as Lucile Cateux

Michel Berard as

Salvino Di Pietra as

Dany Jacquet as Claudine Perrier, the dead girl

Martin Trévières as Raoul Renevier

Pascal Faivre as Pascal Cateux

Florence Moncorgé-Gabin as Larcher's Wife (uncredited)

Anna Gaylor as Schoolmistress (uncredited)