Filmmakers
Above the lineYM
Director
Yves Mirande
GL
Director
Georges Lacombe
YM
Screenplay
Yves Mirande
Writer
MP
Editing
Marthe Poncin
Editor
JW
Music
Jean Wiener
AG
Music
André Gailhard
Original Music Composer
Cast
40LB
Lucien Baroux
Commissioner Boucheron, district police officer
JB
Jacques Baumer
Inspector Lambert of the Sûreté
JB
Jules Berry
Alfredo d'Avila, dancer of these ladies
GM
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Valrose, minister's lover
EP
Elvira Popescu
Mrs. Rameau, wife of an industrialist and mistress of Alfredo
MS
Michel Simon
Picking, knife-throwing artist
AL
André Lefaur
Mr. Corbeau, kleptomaniac
GS
Gaby Sylvia
Madeleine Martin, in love with André
A
Andrex
André Laurent, bank cashier, lover of Madeleine
SB
Simone Berriau
Lydia, singer at “Perroquet”, mistress of the President
ES
Erich von Stroheim
Eric, German naturalized French
BS
Betty Stockfeld
English, Albert's companion, Eric's mistress
JD
Jacques Dumesnil
Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
M
Missia
Joséphine, chicken trainer, wife of Picking
PF
Paul Faivre
Concierge of the two buildings
AC
Aimé Clariond
Judge Bernier, President of the Court of Appeal
RS
Raymond Segard
Robert Bernier, eldest son of the President
MO
Marcel Orluc
Gérard Bernier, youngest son of the President
MM
Marguerite Moreno
Owner of the "Perroquet" and the festivities upstairs
GD
Gabrielle Dorziat
Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President
JD
Jean Daurand
Telegraphist who discovered the corpse
RO
Robert Ozanne
Brigadier
JC
Julien Carette
Soldier, confined in the room of a “country”
EV
Elmire Vautier
Marie, Lydia's dresser
LD
Lina Darwils
Tenant
CS
Claude Sainval
Gaby's gigolo
R
Raymone
Madame Mathieu's maid
JJ
Jean Joffre
Mr. Martin, blind, father of Madeleine
LC
Lise Courbet
Paulette
MS
Marcel Simon
Jules, government minister and Gaby's lover
GB
Georges Bever
Taxi driver (uncredited)
GM
Georges Malkine
Taxi driver (uncredited)
RC
Rivers Cadet
Agent (uncredited)
FM
Franck Maurice
Agent (uncredited)
RM
Robert Moor
Agent (uncredited)
JW
Jean Wiener
Pianist of the “Perroquet” (uncredited)
YM
Yves Mirande
Bum on the bench (uncredited)
RD
Roger Doucet
(uncredited)
HF
Hélène Flouest
(uncredited)
HN
Henri Nassiet
(uncredited)
Departments
17Production
- Robert VernayAdministration
- Lucien PinoteauGeneral Manager
Camera
- Jacques RobinAssistant Camera
- Victor ArméniseCamera Operator
- Robert JuillardCamera Operator
- Jean JoffreSet Photographer
Sound
- Robert IvonnetSound Engineer
Art
- Lucien AguettandDecorator
- Lucien AguettandSet Decoration
- Louis DemasureSet Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up
- Igor KeldichMakeup Artist
Editing
- Marie Le BarsAssistant Editor
Crew
- Madeleine LefèvreScript
Writing
- Georges LacombeCo-Writer
- Max KolpéCo-Writer
- Yves MirandeDialogue
Directing
- Jacques Henri-RobertAssistant Director
