Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...
Pierre Brasseur
as Juju
Georges Brassens
as the artist
Henri Vidal
as Pierre Barbier
Dany Carrel
as Maria
Raymond Bussières
as Alphonse, the bistro, Maria's father
Gabrielle Fontan
as Mme Sabatier, Juju and Nénette's mother
Philippe de Chérisey
as Paulo, a regular at the bistro
Annette Poivre
as Nénette
Alain Bouvette
as Paulo's boyfriend
Gérard Buhr
as an inspector
Alice Tissot
as the concierge
Georges Aminel
as (uncredited)
