Yves Montand
Role: The Deputy, a doctor
Irene Papas
Role: Hélène, wife of the Deputy
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Role: Examining Magistrate
Jacques Perrin
Role: Photojournalist
Charles Denner
Role: Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
François Périer
Role: Public Prosecutor
Bernard Fresson
Role: Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Pierre Dux
Role: Gendarmerie General Missou
Magali Noël
Role: Nick's Sister
Marcel Bozzuffi
Role: Vago
Julien Guiomar
Role: Gendarmerie Colonel
Renato Salvatori
Role: Yago
Jean Bouise
Role: Deputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy
Clotilde Joano
Role: Shoula
Maurice Baquet
Role: Heroic Bricklayer
Habib Reda
Role: Deputy Public Prosecutor
Hassan El-Hassani
Role: General's Chauffeur
Gérard Darrieu
Role: Barone, activist of the CROC
Jean-Pierre Miquel
Role: Pierre, a lawyer
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Role: Gendarmerie Officer
Jean Dasté
Role: Illya Coste, chauffeur
Van Doude
Role: Hospital Director
Jean-François Gobbi
Role: Jimmy, the boxer
Guy Mairesse
Role: Dumas aka The Russian
Andrée Tainsy
Role: Nick's Mother
Eva Simonet
Role: Niki, the Prosecutor's Daughter
François Chaumette
Role: (voice)
José Artur
Role: Editor-in-chief of the newspaper (uncredited)
Raoul Coutard
Role: English Surgeon (uncredited)
Steve Gadler
Role: English Photographer (uncredited)
Gabriel Jabbour
Role: Bozzini, secretary of the investigating judge (uncredited)
Georges Rouquier
Role: Attorney General (uncredited)