Thriller
A young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American multinational seeking to dominate French industries. Determined to expose the truth, he races against time to gather evidence before more lives—and his own—are at stake.
Directed by
Henri Verneuil
Jeanne Moreau
Madame Benoît-Lambert
Mel Ferrer
Cornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI
Anny Duperey
Laura Weber, JBL's mistress
Patrick Dewaere
Paul Kerjean
Michel Auclair
Michel Saint-Claude, director of GTI-Europe
Édith Scob
Madame Bronsky
Jacques François
Fred Great
Caroline Cellier
Hélène Kerjean
Charles Denner
Walter, private detective
André Falcon
Pierre Bayen, editor-in-chief
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Bronsky, then Stan Hankins, the informant
Marie-Pierre Casey
Madame Benoît-Lambert's maid
Jean-Laurent Cochet
Serge Hartmann, director of La Tribune
Frédérique Meininger
Concierge
Hans Verner
Kurt von Schroeder
Pierre Londiche
French interpreter in court
Rachid Ferrache
Éric Bronsky (uncredited)
Claude Marcault
Kerjean's secretary
Robert Party
Jacques Benoît-Lambert, aka 'JBL'
Yvonne Dany
Germaine Guérande (uncredited)
Fernand Ledoux
Mr. Guérande
Marc Eyraud
Sylvestre
Jacques Maury
Jack Sleiter, director of GTI
Marc Fayolle
Enthusiastic reader
Jacqueline Doyen
Arlène Robert
Yaseen Khan
Suta Burishawa
Jean Claudio
Vittorio Orta, Director of GTI-Italy
François Viaur
Hotel receptionist
Claude Vernier
Dr. Gerhard Kramer
Jean Mercure
Joachim Holstein, Director of GTI-Austria
Anthony Stuart
Accuser
Edward Marcus
GTI controller
Edmond Bernard
Ralph von Lübeck
Jacques David
Police commissioner
Roger Comte
Waiter at the brasserie
Marie-Christine Rolland
Secretary of the Walter agency
Sacha Lavin
Madame Bayen (uncredited)
Fabienne Mai
Madame Holstein (uncredited)
Bernard Tachl
The follower (uncredited)

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