Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.
Anna Karina
as Paula Nelson
László Szabó
as Paul Widmark
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as Donald Siegel
Marianne Faithfull
as Marianne Faithfull
Yves Afonso
as David Goodis
Claude Bakka
as Man with Marianne Faithfull (uncredited)
Daniel Bart
as Policeman (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Biesse
as Richard Nixon (uncredited)
Jean-Claude Bouillon
as Inspector Aldrich (uncredited)
Fernand Coquet
as Bill Poster (uncredited)
Marc Dudicourt
as Barman (uncredited)
Rémo Forlani
as Workman in Bar (uncredited)
