During a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the methods of Captain Caron, killed in action in 1957. The widow of the captain, Patricia, decided to file a defamation suit.
Directed by
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Nicole Garcia
Patricia Caron
Claude Jade
Maître Valouin
Jacques Perrin
Marcel Caron
Georges Wilson
Bâtonnier
Charles Denner
Maître Gillard
Georges Marchal
General Keller
Florent Pagny
Michel Sarrouz, voltigeur de pointe dit La Ficelle