Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.
Cast
Lino Ventura
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
Charles Aznavour
Edmond Clancul aka 'Le Naïf'
Irina Demick
Catherine Verdier, manager of an art gallery
Maurice Biraud
Arthur aka 'Le Mou'
Georges Géret
Joseph Rouquemoute aka 'Le Rouquin'
Pierre Brasseur
Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Françoise Rosay
Gertrude, supplies specialist in the mafia
Annie Fratellini
Léone Rouqemoute, prostitute
Norman Bart
Gallery visitor
Georges Blaness
Omar
Dorothée Blanck
Girl at the hotel particulier
Marcel Charvey
Gallery visitor
François Dalou
Police inspector
Michel Dacquin
Nightclub bartender
Marie-Hélène Dasté
Madame Clancul
Michel Duplaix
Head waiter
Michel Garland
Gallery visitor
Jacques Marchand
Gallery visitor
François Mirante
Police inspector
Donald O'Brien
Gallery visitor
Renée Passeur
Friend of Léone
André Thorent
Gangster client of the cabaret
Patricia Scott
Elisabeth
François Valorbe
Employee of the employment agency
Daniel Ceccaldi
Police inspector Lescure
Georges Chamarat
Edmond Clancul
Jean-Pierre Caussade
Marc Arian
Demuldère's servant (uncredited)
Arlette Balkis
Worshiper of the oriental god (uncredited)
Jean Carmet
Effeminate art critic (uncredited)
Marcel Bernier
Friend of Alphonse (uncredited)
Albert Daumergue
Extra (uncredited)
Agnès Duval
(uncredited)
Marius Gaidon
Extra (uncredited)
Guy Henry
(uncredited)
Roger Lecuyer
Passerby looking in the shop window (uncredited)
Laure Paillette
Woman at the window (uncredited)
Paul Pavel
Cabaret customer (uncredited)
Émile Riandreys
Employee of the employment agency (uncredited)
André Rouyer
Cabaret customer (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
Prisoner (uncredited)
