Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...

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Cast

Jean Gabin

Comissaire Joss, le Pacha

Dany Carrel

Nathalie Villars, la sœur de Léon

André Pousse

Marcel Lurat, dit Quinquin

Robert Dalban

l'inspecteur Albert Gouvion, amant de Nathalie

Jean Gaven

Marc, un inspecteur

Louis Arbessier

le directeur de chez Boucheron

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Gérard Buhr

Arsène "le serrurier", un complice de Quinquin

Maurice Garrel

Léon Brunet, le receleur

Pierre Koulak

Abdel Schmil dit "Le Coréen"

Pierre Leproux

Druber, le gardien de la bijouterie

Jean Gabin — Comissaire Joss, le Pacha

Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he tw

Dany Carrel — Nathalie Villars, la sœur de Léon

Yvonne Suzanne Chazelles de Chaxel, better known as Dany Carrel, (born 20 September 1932 or 20 September 1935) is a French actress. She was born in Vietnam - then French Indochina - to French father Aimé Chazelles de Chaxel and his Vietnamese mistress, Kim. She gradually retired starting from the eighties due to two bouts of cancer. In 2021, she was hospitalized for three weeks after contracting C

André Pousse — Marcel Lurat, dit Quinquin

André Pousse (20 October 1919 – 9 September 2005) was a noted French actor and, in his youth, also a notable cyclist