Story :In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually her boyfriend is charged with the crime and, in a strange twist of fate, the killer finds himself serving on the jury.
Cast
Bernard BlierGrégoire Duval, pharmacist
Maurice BiraudDoctor Hess, veterinarian
Francis BlancheAttorney General
Danièle DelormeGeneviève Duval, Grégoire's wife
Jacques RiberollesSylvain Sautral, photographer and accused
Yves BarsacqMaître Adreux, defense lawyer
Henri CrémieuxMedical examiner
Robert DalbanGarampon, fisherman on his boat
Anne DoatAlice Moreux, Sylvain's mistress
Madeleine GeoffroyMrs. Sevestrain, witness at the hearing
Françoise GiretCatherine Nortier, the victim
Camille GuériniPresident of the tribunal
Charles LavialleTax collector
Paloma MattaDaughter of Gregory and Genevieve
Raymond MeunierHenri Souchon, boss of the brewery
Catherine Le CoueyMrs. Souchon, boss of the brasserie
Jacques MonodInvestigating judge
Jean-Pierre MoutierAlbert Testut, witness at the hearing
Albert RémyPolice commissioner
René TramoniLaurent Duval, son of Grégoire and Geneviève