Lino Ventura

Sébastien Grenier

Michel Piccoli

Jean-Paul Chance

Bruno Cremer

Alain Richard

Bernard Fresson

Henri Marchand

Marc Mazza

Ramos Bavila

Roger Jendly

Commissioner Lohmann

Heinz Bennent

Meyer

Krystyna Janda

Anna Gretz

Beate Kopp

Grenier's secretary

Christian Baltauss

Librarian

Kurt Bigger

Alfred Zimmer

Jean-Paul Franky

Rudy 'la blonde'

Yves Boisset

Richard's assistant

Daniel Plancherel

Inspector Vogel

Philippe Brizard

Grenier employee

Max Moor

Dieter Krauss

Pierre Boffety

Postman

Jean Reney

Robert Dalban

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jean-François Naudon

Editor

Albert Jurgenson

Editor

Norbert Saada

Producer

Jean Boffety

Director of Photography

Michel Audiard

Dialogue

Pierre Boffety

Assistant Camera

Christiane Sauvage

Key Makeup Artist

Serge Douy

Production Design

Pierre Lenoir

Sound

Yves Boisset

Director

Ennio Morricone

Music

Yves Boisset

Writer

George Markstein

Novel

Michel Audiard

Writer

Claude Veillot

Writer

Daniel Braunschweig

Special Effects

Urs Egger

Assistant Director

Angelo Pastore

Assistant Director

Daniel Nicolas Garbade

Props

André Labussière

Set Dresser

Jean Achache

Assistant Director