An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
Jean Gabin
as Count Enguerand de Montignac,aka 'Legrain'
Paul Mercey
as Pellot
Louis de Funès
as Félicien Mézeray
Yves Barsacq
as Postman
Dominique Davray
as Suzanne Mézeray
Henri Virlogeux
as Dubois, tax collector
Hubert Deschamps
as Professor Mortemont
Jean-Pierre Darras
as Lucien, postman
Patrick Préjean
as Detective #1
Joe Warfield
as Larsen
Donald von Kurtz
as Smith
Ibrahim Seck
as Valet of Mézeray / Butler