Trainee inspector Michel Clément / Commissioner Jules Clément
Coluche
Roger Morzini, public enemy number 1
Gérard Depardieu
Inspector Gaffuri
Martin Lamotte
Antique dealer
Dany Saval
Marthe Clément, Michel's mother
Marthe Villalonga
Philou, friend of Michel
Richard Anconina
Merlino, photographer
Féodor Atkine
Anthropometry Service Cop
Richard Bohringer
Denise Morzini, mother of Roger
Jeanne Herviale
Gégé, bartender and partner of Michel at pétanque
Michel Puterflam
Lawyer of the little girl victim of Rouchard
Louison Roblin
Zibet, student inspector
Christian Spillemaecker
Marie-Anne Prossant, journalist
Dominique Lavanant
Goniometry specialist
Rémy Azzolini
TV presenter
Gérard Holtz
English customer
Nicholas Bang
Tramp
Gaëtan Bloom
Guitarist
Gérard Cailleux
Investigating judge
André Chaumeau
'The elegant'
Bouboule
Inspector
Gérard Couderc
Cashier at Fouquet's
Monique Couturier
Sarah
Hélène Zidi
Divisional commissioner Vermillot
Julien Guiomar
Satyr's lawyer
Gabriel Gobin
Waiter at Fouquet's
Gérard Guit
Mustapha
Youssef Hamid
Inspector 'Presse-purée'
Dominique Hulin
'Pierrot le fou'
Henri Lambert
Loulou, friend of Michel
Patrick Laurent
Accomplice of Morzini
Jack Lenoir
Libenstein, student inspector
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Gendarmerie captain
Yves Morgan-Jones
'The sheep'
Michel Pilorgé
Dumeze, police director
Alain Mottet
Charlie, seasoned police inspector
Pierre Plessis
Saleswoman at "Nina Ricci"
Amélie Prévost
Parking valet
Roger Riffard
Prosecutor
Gilbert Robin
TV set assistant
Jean-Michel Vaguelsy
Mrs. Prossant, wife of Louis and mother of Marie-Anne
Huguette Vergne
Luis, friend of Michel
Patrick Zard
Friend of Michel Clément (uncredited)
Hippolyte Girardot
Accomplice of Morzini (uncredited)
Michel Berreur
Host of the show “Nous les femmes” (uncredited)
Maria Laborit
Louis Prossant, press magnate and father of Marie-Anne
François Perrot
Examination policeman (uncredited)
Jean Martin
Inspector Zingo
Jean Bouchaud
Doctor Haquenbusch
Clément Harari
Alphonse Rouchard, the rapist of the little girl on the canal
Philippe Khorsand
Inspector Marcel Watrin
Hubert Deschamps
Stunts
Rémy Julienne
Executive Producer
Pierre Grunstein
Director
Claude Zidi
Writer
Key Makeup Artist
Didier Lavergne
Original Music Composer
Vladimir Cosma
Producer
Claude Berri
Director of Photography
Henri Decaë
Production Design
Jean-Baptiste Poirot
Costume Design
Corinne Jorry
Editor
Nicole Saunier
Casting
Françoise Combadière
Sound
Bernard Aubouy
Sound Mixer
Dominique Hennequin
Script Supervisor
Danièle Desouches