In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...
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Alain Delon as Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal
Ornella Muti as Valérie Agostinelli
Stéphane Audran as Christiane Dubaye
Jean Bouise as Commissioner Pernais
Mireille Darc as Françoise
Michel Aumont as Commissioner Moreau
Julien Guiomar as Fondari
Maurice Ronet as Philippe Dubaye
Klaus Kinski as Nicolas Tomski
Daniel Ceccaldi as Maître Lucien Lacor
François Chaumette as Lansac
Xavier Depraz as Marcel
Henri Virlogeux as Paul
Colette Duval as Serrano's secretary
Abderrahmane El Kebir as Kébir
Gérard Hérold as Dupaire
Charles Moulin as Serrano
Roger Muni as The stolen gentleman
Claude Barichasse as Window cleaner
Émile Riandreys as Morgue employee
Carole Achache as Locker room girl
Jean Berger as Brumaire (uncredited)
Philippe Castelli as Tobacconist (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Denizon as (uncredited)
Arlette Emmery as Switchboard operator (uncredited)
Catherine Lachens as (uncredited)
Patrick Laplace as Etienne (uncredited)
Charles Millot as Henchman, Marcel's deputy (uncredited)
Jacques Pisias as (uncredited)
Michel Ruhl as (uncredited)
Yvan Tanguy as (uncredited)
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