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.
Nicole Garcia
as Patricia Caron
Jacques Perrin
as Marcel Caron
Claude Jade
as Maître Valouin
Charles Denner
as Maître Gillard
Georges Wilson
as Bâtonnier
Georges Marchal
as General Keller
Robert Etcheverry
as Commandant Guilloux
Christophe Malavoy
as Automarchi
Patrick Chauvel
as Schuster
Jean-François Poron
as Jakez
Jean Vigny
as Paulet
Alain Bastien-Thiry
as Pierre Caron