Jean Gabin
Role: Grandgil, artist painter
Bourvil
Role: Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
Louis de Funès
Role: Jambier, grocer
Jeannette Batti
Role: Mariette Martin, Marcel's wife
Georgette Anys
Role: Lucienne Couronne, owner of the Belotte cafe
Robert Arnoux
Role: Marchandot, butcher
Laurence Badie
Role: Restaurant waitress
Myno Burney
Role: Angèle Marchandot, butcher
Germaine Delbat
Role: Restaurant customer
Monette Dinay
Role: Mrs. Jambier, grocer
Jean Dunot
Role: Alfred Couronne, owner of the Belotte cafe
Bernard Lajarrige
Role: Policeman
Jacques Marin
Role: Owner of the restaurant Saint Martin
Hubert de Lapparent
Role: Nervous hostage
Hans Verner
Role: German motorcyclist
Hugues Wanner
Role: Dédé's father
Anne Carrère
Role: Socialite (uncredited)
Martine Alexis
Role: German switchboard operator (uncredited)
Béatrice Arnac
Role: Arrested woman (uncredited)
Anouk Ferjac
Role: Young girl during the alert (uncredited]
Hubert Noël
Role: Arrested gigolo (uncredited)
Paul Barge
Role: Farmer with his cow (uncredited)
Georges Bever
Role: Consumer (uncredited)
Yvonne Claudie
Role: Old prostitute (uncredited)
Yvette Cuvelier
Role: Jewish servant at the Couronne (uncredited)
Clément Harari
Role: Hostage with glasses (uncredited)
René Hell
Role: Jambier's father (uncredited)
Albert Michel
Role: Concierge of the rue de Turenne (uncredited)
Maryse Paillet
Role: Woman in the restaurant (uncredited)
Claude Vernier
Role: Kommandatur secretary (uncredited)
Jean Vinci
Role: Disgruntled customer at the restaurant (uncredited)
Louis Viret
Role: Cyclist (uncredited)
Michèle Nadal
Role: Girl at the subway exit (uncredited)
Harald Wolff
Role: German Commander (uncredited)
René Brun
Role: (uncredited)
Henri Lambert
Role: (uncredited)