In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.
Jean-Pierre Mocky
as Michel Dolannes
Jean Carmet
as Commissioner Bude
Michel Constantin
as Culli
Michel Galabru
as Thomas
Daniel Gélin
as Laurence
Michael Lonsdale
as Raymond
Jean-Pierre Marielle
as Doctor Carlille
Martine Sarcey
as Madame Mardène
Michel Serrault
as Justin Blesh
Myriam Mézières
as Mira Barnowski
Francis Blanche
as Nathaël Grissom
Christian Duvaleix
as Jo
