Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relationship with his daughter is virtually non-existent. However, one day the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the residence of Loursat. Nicole, who frequents a gang of young people who escape boredom by stealing cars and other objects, is immediately suspected.
Genres:
Raimu as Maître Hector Loursat
Juliette Faber as Nicole Loursat
Gabrielle Fontan as Fine
Héléna Manson as Madame Manu
Tania Fédor as Madame Marthe Dossin
Marguerite Ducouret as Angèle
Jean Tissier as Ducup
Jacques Baumer as Maître Gérard Rogissart
Noël Roquevert as Le commissaire Binet
André Reybaz as Émile Manu
Jacques Grétillat as Le président du tribunal des assises
Lucien Coëdel as Jo, le patron du "Boxing Bar"
Marc Doelnitz as Edmond Dossin
Jacques Denoël as Marcel Destrivaux
Pierre Ringel as Daillat
Marcel Mouloudji as Ephraïm (Amédé) Luska
Raymond Cordy as L'huissier aux Assises
Paul Barge as Le gardien de prison (uncredited)
Lucien Bryonne as Un policier chez Manu (uncredited)
Martine Carol as Une spectatrice aux Assises (uncredited)
Jacques Courtin as Un garde aux Assises (uncredited)
Raymond Dardelin as Un garde aux Assises (uncredited)
Henri de Livry as Monsieur Georges, le libraire (uncredited)
Max Delty as Destrivaux père (uncredited)
Arthur Devère as Le docteur (uncredited)
Lise Donat as Adèle (uncredited)
Paul Faivre as L'agent (uncredited)
Fernand Flament as Un policier chez Manu (uncredited)
Pierre Fresnay as Le narrateur (uncredited)
Georges Gosset as (uncredited)
Daniel Gélin as (uncredited)
Langlois as L'oncle Daillat (uncredited)
Marcel Lestan as Le gendarme (uncredited)
Yette Lucas as Une mère au tribunal (uncredited)
Franck Maurice as Un joueur de belote (uncredited)
Bernard Noël as (uncredited)
Jean Négroni as (uncredited)
Claire Olivier as Madame Daillat (uncredited)
Max Revor as Le greffier aux Assises (uncredited)
Henri Roy as Daillat père (uncredited)
Maurice Salabert as (uncredited)
Yvonne Scheffer as La Gourde (uncredited)
Simone Sylvestre as Une journaliste (uncredited)
Génia Vaury as Madame Laurence Rogissart (uncredited)
Charles Vissières as Le greffier de Ducup (uncredited)
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