In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...
Alain Delon
Ornella Muti
Stéphane Audran
Jean Bouise
Mireille Darc
Michel Aumont
Julien Guiomar
Maurice Ronet
Klaus Kinski
Daniel Ceccaldi
François Chaumette
Xavier Depraz
Henri Virlogeux
Colette Duval
Abderrahmane El Kebir
Gérard Hérold
Charles Moulin
Roger Muni
Claude Barichasse
Émile Riandreys
Carole Achache