
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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