The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
117 audience votes
Key crew
- Michel AudiardScreenplay
- Serge GainsbourgOriginal Music Composer
- Michel ColombierOriginal Music Composer
- Georges LautnerDirector
- Albert SimoninScreenplay
- Georges LautnerScreenplay
Cast
- Jean GabinComissaire Joss, le Pacha
- Dany CarrelNathalie Villars, la sœur de Léon
- André PousseMarcel Lurat, dit Quinquin
- Robert Dalbanl'inspecteur Albert Gouvion, amant de Nathalie
- Jean GavenMarc, un inspecteur
- Louis Arbessierle directeur de chez Boucheron
- Gérard BuhrArsène "le serrurier", un complice de Quinquin
- Maurice GarrelLéon Brunet, le receleur
- Pierre KoulakAbdel Schmil dit "Le Coréen"
- Pierre LeprouxDruber, le gardien de la bijouterie
- Frédéric de PasqualeAlfred, un inspecteur
- André WeberÉmile Vergnes, dit "Le Gênois", guitariste et malfrat