Cloportes

Lino Ventura

Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'

Charles Aznavour

Edmond Clancul aka 'Le Naïf'

Irina Demick

Catherine Verdier, manager of an art gallery

Maurice Biraud

Arthur aka 'Le Mou'

Georges Géret

Joseph Rouquemoute aka 'Le Rouquin'

Pierre Brasseur

Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver

Françoise Rosay

Gertrude, supplies specialist in the mafia

Annie Fratellini

Léone Rouqemoute, prostitute

Norman Bart

Gallery visitor

Georges Blaness

Omar

Dorothée Blanck

Girl at the hotel particulier

Marcel Charvey

Gallery visitor

François Dalou

Police inspector

Michel Dacquin

Nightclub bartender

Marie-Hélène Dasté

Madame Clancul

Michel Duplaix

Head waiter

Michel Garland

Gallery visitor

Jacques Marchand

Gallery visitor

François Mirante

Police inspector

Donald O'Brien

Gallery visitor

Renée Passeur

Friend of Léone

André Thorent

Gangster client of the cabaret

Patricia Scott

Elisabeth

François Valorbe

Employee of the employment agency

Daniel Ceccaldi

Police inspector Lescure

Georges Chamarat

Edmond Clancul

Jean-Pierre Caussade

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Marc Arian

Demuldère's servant (uncredited)

Arlette Balkis

Worshiper of the oriental god (uncredited)

Jean Carmet

Effeminate art critic (uncredited)

Marcel Bernier

Friend of Alphonse (uncredited)

Albert Daumergue

Extra (uncredited)

Agnès Duval

(uncredited)

Marius Gaidon

Extra (uncredited)

Guy Henry

(uncredited)

Roger Lecuyer

Passerby looking in the shop window (uncredited)

Laure Paillette

Woman at the window (uncredited)

Paul Pavel

Cabaret customer (uncredited)

Émile Riandreys

Employee of the employment agency (uncredited)

André Rouyer

Cabaret customer (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi

Prisoner (uncredited)