Annie Girardot as Danièle Guénot

Bruno Pradal as Gérard Leguen

François Simon as Mr. Leguen

Claude Cerval as Investigating judge

Jean-Paul Moulinot as Mr. Guénot

Jean Bouise as Juvenile judge

Marie-Hélène Breillat as 'le Serpent', drug addict imprisoned

Monique Mélinand as Mrs. Leguen

Yves Barsacq as Friend

Edith Loria as Renée

Nathalie Nell as Thérèse Arnaud, Gérard's high school classmate and friend of Danièle

Marthe Villalonga as Social worker

Marcel Pérès as The grandfather

Jacques Marin as Penpal

Raymond Meunier as Danièle's lawyer

Maurice Nasil as Professor

Marcelle Ranson-Hervé as Mrs. Jaias, the neighbor

André Reybaz as Principal

Marianik Revillon as Cécile

Daniel Bellus as Jean-Luc

Nicolas Dumayet as Marc

Bernard Jeantet as Alain

Jean O'Cottrell as

Martine Simon as

Marius Balbinot as

Claudine Berg as Mrs. Arnaud, Thérèse's mother

Florence Blot as Lawyer

Pierre Bolo as

Madeleine Damien as

Guy d'Avout as

Yvonne Décade as

Hélène Dieudonné as The blind old lady

Jacqueline Fontaine as

Marius Laurey as Mr. Arnaud, Thérèse's father

Jean Marconi as Director of the clinic

Pippo Merisi as

Charles Millot as The false judge

Bernard Musson as General overseer

Léo Peltier as

Clément Thierry as Danièle's ex-husband

Roger Trapp as Supervisor

Jackie Blanchot as Inspector (uncredited)

Pierre Dumayet as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Marcel Gassouk as Prison employee (uncredited)

Jean Minisini as Nurse (uncredited)

Frédéric Norbert as Young Boy (uncredited)

Jean Obé as Healing Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Pierre Taylou as Professor (uncredited)

Jacques Van Dooren as Nurse (uncredited)